Paneer popcorns with chilli garlic dip

Name: Paneer popcorns with chilli garlic dip
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 3 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 200 gm paneer cut into cubes; 1/2 tsp chilli powder; 1/4 tsp turmeric powder; 1/4 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp mixed herbs; 1/4 cup corn flour; 1/4 cup water; 1/4 tsp pepper powder; 1/4 tsp salt; 1 cup panko crumbs; 1 cup oil for frying; 2 tbsp hung curd; 2 tbsp mayonnaise; 1 tsp chilli flakes; 1 tsp chopped garlic

Soumini Bhattacherjee @SouminiBhattacherjee

Bengaluru

#CA2025
Diwali Sips and Snack Spread
Mini Savoury bites with dip
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Soumini Bhattacherjee @SouminiBhattacherjee

Bengaluru

#CA2025
Diwali Sips and Snack Spread
Mini Savoury bites with dip
Week 31

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Ingredients

45 minutes

3 people

200 gmpaneer cut into cubes
1/2 tspchilli powder
1/4 tspturmeric powder
1/4 tspsalt
1/4 tspmixed herbs
1/4 cupcorn flour
1/4 cupwater
1/4 tsppepper powder
1/4 tspsalt
1 cuppanko crumbs
1 cupoil for frying
For the dip:
2 tbsphung curd
2 tbspmayonnaise
1 tspchilli flakes
1 tspchopped garlic

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Steps

45 minutes

1

Take the paneer and cut it into small bite sized cubes.
2

Now coat thebite sized paneer cubes with chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt, mixed herbs and set aside.
3

To prepare the corn flour slurry add the corn flour, salt, pepper powder, water in a bowl and mix everything together.
4

Now take each piece of paneer at a time and dip in the corn flour slurry.
5

Then coat each paneer piece with panko crumbs and set aside.
6

Repeat the process twice so that each paneer gets evenly coated with panko crumbs and set aside.
7

Now heat oil in a kadai.
8

Once hot, fry the panko coated bite sized paneer pieces in batches till golden brown.
9

Once done remove the fried paneer popcorn s from the oil and keep aside.
10

To prepare the dip, add curd, mayonnaise, chilli flakes and crushed garlic in a bowl and mix well all together.
11

Finally plate the paneer popcorn with the prepared chilli garlic dip and serve hot.