paneer pakora
Cuisine: Indian
Author: EasyRecipes .
Prep time: 5 mins
Cook time: 20 mins
Total time: 25 mins
paneer pakora – gram flour coated cottage cheese fritters.
Ingredients
  • 125-150 gms paneer/cottage cheese
  • 1 cup besan/gram flour
  • a pinch of turmeric powder/haldi
  • a generous pinch of red chili powder/lal mirch powder
  • a pinch of asafoetida/hing
  • a generous pinch of garam masala powder
  • ½ tsp carom seeds/ajwain
  • ⅔ to ¾ cup water or as required
  • salt as required
  • mustard oil for deep frying
  • some chaat masala for sprinkling
Instructions
  1. in a mixing bowl, mix all the ingredients, except paneer and oil.
  2. make a smooth lump free thick flowing batter.
  3. chop the paneer into cubes.
  4. heat mustard oil for deep frying in a kadai or pan.
  5. dip each paneer cube in the batter and coat the cubes with the batter.
  6. gently drop the batter coated paneer cubes into medium hot oil.
  7. deep fry the paneer pakoras till crisp and golden.
  8. drain paneer pakoras on paper towels to remove excess oil.
  9. serve hot paneer pakoras sprinkled lightly with some chaat masala with coriander chutney or tomato sauce.
Notes
you can adjust the spice quantity as per your taste. i have made the pakoras mildly spiced
Recipe by Mithila.net at http://www.mithila.net/appetizers/paneer-pakora-10831.html