Paneer Methi Pakora (Cottage cheese & Fenugreek Leaves Snack)

Paneer (cottage cheese) is one of the most used ingredients in Indian cuisine. You can make various recipes using paneer. This recipe is very simple. If you have paneer (cottage cheese) in your freezer and have no idea what to do with it, you can try this recipe.

 When all of the sudden you have to welcome guests in your house this is the perfect snack and takes little time to make.

Ingredients:

250 gms paneer (cottage cheese)

½ cup kasuri methi(Fenugreek leaves)

1 ½   cup chickpea flour (besan)

 ½ cup Rice flour

 1 tsp Red chili powder

1/8 cooking soda

A pinch of asafetida (hing)

Salt to taste

Oil for deep frying

Chaat masala

Procedure

In a mixing bowl add besan, rice flour, red chili powder, salt, hing and kasuri methi .

Mix all the ingredients well and add little bit of water to make a thick batter.  Make sure the  Now add cooking soda and keep this batter aside for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile cut the paneer, slice it carefully, not too thick and too thin, sprinkle salt and chili powder on the paneer

Now heat oil in a deep frying pan and dip the paneer pieces in the batter to coat them.  Now deep fry them. Make sure the pakoras are a nice golden colour and crisp before you take them out.

Sprinkle chaat masala on top and enjoy hot with green chutney or any sauce.

Note                                                                         

 Don’t leave the batter aside for more than 10 minutes, otherwise it will spoil your pakoras and make them soft.