Crispy Paneer Potato Bites
Crispy Paneer Potato Bites with Cheese in Italian Flavors
Equipment
- Mixing Bowls
- Kadhai/ Heavy Bottomed Pan for deep frying
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Crumbled Paneer
- 2 Boiled Potatoes(Medium sized)
- 1 Cup Grated Cheese
- 1 Cup Breadcrumbs or as required
- 1 tbsp Italian Seasoning
- ¼ Cup Finely Chopped Onions
- ¼ Cup Finely chopped Capsicum/Bell Peppers
- ¼ Cup Cornflour or Cornstarch (in US)
- Salt as required
- Oil for Deep Frying
Instructions
- If using store bought paneer, crumble it nicely.
- Peel potatoes and mash it very finely. You can also grate the potatoes.
- Finely grate Cheese.
- In a serving bowl or dish make cornflour slurry. Mix cornflour with ½ Cup water. Add ¼ tsp of seasoning a little salt also. Keep it aside covered.
- Now mix all the ingredients nicely. Keep about ¼ cup of breadcrumbs aside to roll the slurry dipped balls.
- Mix very nicely and make a smooth dough. If there is some moisture in the dough, add more breadcrumbs. The mixture should not be wet as the balls can break while frying.
- Make lemon sixed ball without any cracks,
- Now dip 4-5 balls in slurry. With the help of spoon, roll the balls and coat from all the sides in slurry.
- Then transfer the balls in a plate with breadcrumbs. Roll the balls in breadcrumbs coating very nicely.
- Repeat the step for all the balls.
- Heat oil in kadhai or heavy bottomed pan. Check the temp.. Check Notes or the main post.
- Deep fry balls in batches of 5-6 till golden brown.
- Keep on moving balls while frying and take care it doesn't get over fried or burned.
- Once golden brown, take out in dish lined with paper tissue to absorb extra oil.
- Serve hot with ketchup or chutney of your choice.
Notes
Tips to get perfect Crispy Paneer and Potato Bites
Oil should not be too hot or cold. To hot oil will burn the bites and the outer covering will be cooked but inside will remain uncooked. In too cold oil, balls may tear up or soak lot of oil. To check if oil is at the right temperature to fry, add a small ball in it. If it sizzles and rises up gradually then it is prefect to fry. If the ball sinks down and rises too slowly that means oil is cold. Wait for a while and rise the temperature of flame. If the ball sizzles and rises immediately then it is too hot for frying, lower the flame and wait for 1-2 mins then fry. Did you try the recipe..Share @foodtrails25 or tag me #foodtrails25!
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