Paneer pakora

Name: Paneer pakora
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 4 persons
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 200 gm paneer; 2 tbsp green chutney, made using coriander leaves, mint leaves, green chillies, garlic, ginger, lemon juice, salt and ice.⁷; 1/2 chickpea flour; 1 tbsp rice flour; Few carom seeds; 1/2 tsp chilli powder; 1/4 tsp coriander powder; 1/4 tsp cumin powder; 1 pinch asafoetida; 1 pinch turmeric powder; salt according to taste; Water to make the batter; Oil to deep fry

Surekha Dongargaonkar @sdsurekha53

It's an Indian recipe made as a teatime snack, or as an appetizer for dinner or lunch. It has good protein content as two main ingredients, paneer and chickpeas flour, are high in protein.

Surekha Dongargaonkar @sdsurekha53

It's an Indian recipe made as a teatime snack, or as an appetizer for dinner or lunch. It has good protein content as two main ingredients, paneer and chickpeas flour, are high in protein.

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Ingredients

20 minutes

4 persons

200 gmpaneer
2 tbspgreen chutney, made using coriander leaves, mint leaves, green chillies, garlic, ginger, lemon juice, salt and ice.⁷
1/2chickpea flour
1 tbsprice flour
Fewcarom seeds
1/2 tspchilli powder
1/4 tspcoriander powder
1/4 tspcumin powder
1 pinchasafoetida
1 pinchturmeric powder
salt according to taste
Water to make the batter
Oil to deep fry

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Steps

20 minutes

1

First make the green chutney using all above mentioned ingredients. It should be thick not watery.
2

Sieve both the flours. Add all dry spices to the flour and mix well. Add water little by little and make batter, not too thick or not too thin. It may require little less than half a cup of water. Keep the batter aside.
3

Cut paneer into 1 and 1/2 inch wide pieces and 1/2 inch thick. Slit the paneer pieces in the middle.
4

Stuff paneer pieces with chutney.
5

Heat oil in a kadhai on medium heat. Test it with dropping little batter to check if the oil is well heated for frying. Dip stuffed paneer into batter, coat well with batter and deep fry in hot oil, till golden color.
6

Serve hot with green chutney and tomato ketchup.