Paneer Koliwada

Ingredients 

• 300 grams cottage cheese
• ½ cup gram flour
• ½ teaspoon cumin powder
• 2 teaspoons Kashmiri red chilli powder
• Salt to taste
• 1 tablespoon ginger paste
• 1 tablespoon garlic paste
• 2 tablespoons yogurt
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• Oil for deep-frying 
• ½ teaspoon chaat masala

Method

1. Cut the cottage cheese into three-inch by half-inch by half-inch pieces.
2. Take gram flour in a bowl, add cumin powder, red chilli powder, salt, ginger paste, garlic paste, yogurt, lemon juice and a little water if necessary and whisk into a thick and smooth batter.
3. Add the cottage cheese pieces to the batter and marinate for half an hour.
4. Heat oil in a kadai. Gently slide in the cottage cheese pieces and deep-fry the till crisp on the outside. Drain on absorbent paper.
5. Transfer them onto a serving platter and serve hot, sprinkled with chaat masala.

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