How to make Paneer Palak and Cheese Balls -
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Main Ingredients : Paneer (cottage cheese) (पनीर), Spinach (पालक)
Cuisine : Fusion
Course : Snacks and Starters
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Paneer Palak and Cheese Balls Recipe Card
English: Cottage Cheese A favourite with the vegetarians, paneer made from milk is quite common, especially paneer recipes are quite popular in the Indian subcontinent. You can make it fresh, chhena – an another version or just use the ones that are readily available in the market to prepare everything from simple snacks, curries, sabzis, mithais, desserts and the likes. An ingredient that can be relished in the raw form too – try serving it as a starter just sprinkled with a little chaat masala, black salt and chilli powder!
Prep Time : 11-15 minutes
Cook time : 11-15 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Easy
Taste : Spicy
Ingredients for Paneer Palak and Cheese Balls Recipe
Paneer (cottage cheese) grated 1 cup
Spinach blanched and chopped 1 cup
Processed cheese grated 2 tablespoons
White bread slices 4
Ginger ½ teaspoon
Cumin seeds ½ teaspoon
Green chillies finely chopped 2
Salt to taste
Lemon juice ½ teaspoon
Oil for deep-frying
Cornflour/ corn starch for dusting
Method
Step 1
Roughly tear bread slices and grind to make fresh breadcrumbs.
Step 2
Combine spinach, cottage cheese, processed cheese, ginger, cumin seeds, green chillies, salt and lemon juice in a bowl and mix well. Add fresh breadcrumbs and mix well.
Step 3
Heat sufficient oil in a kadai.
Step 4
Divide the spinach mixture into equal portions and shape them into balls. Coat the balls in cornflour, dust-off the excess flour and deep-fry in hot oil till golden. Drain on absorbent paper.
Step 5
Serve hot with tomato ketchup.
Nutrition Info
Calories : 1029 Kcal
Carbohydrates : 58.2 gm
Protein : 39.8 gm
Fat : 70.8 gm
Other : Calcium- 537.5mg
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