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Paneer Pakora recipe make an ideal snack with hot chai (tea) during monsoon or for any weather. They are crunchy from out and pillowy soft from within. You get the spicy taste and then the cottage cheese gives a delicious subtle flavorto your taste buds.
Paneer is fully packed with carbohydrates, calcium, proteins and tastes delicious. On a Sunday evening I decided to make Paneer Pakora. My family just loved any kind of pakoras. In-fact you could parcel some of these in your kids lunch boxes and also great as a side starter for any parties.
Paneer has benefits similar to milk as Paneer is made out of milk and rich source of proteins.If you are a vegan than you can replace paneer with vegetables like palak and potatoes.Paneer cooks faster also its easily absorbed and digested in our body.
You could use homemade paneer or store bought paneer. I have used amul brand paneer for this recipe. Also have used some spices to further spruce up the pakoras with some fennel for the added taste and flavor. However adding fennel seeds are optional but I would recommend it.
How to make Paneer Pakora recipe stepby step:
1. Firstly sift the besan on a meshed sieve.
2. Add in all the spice powder, fennel seed, salt, water and cooking soda.
3. Give a nice whisk and combine until smooth batter appears. Add 1/2 tbsp oil in the batter and mix again. This would help in giving the batter nice glaze plus aid in absorbing less oil. Also note the batter has to be slightly towards thicker consistency. You should be able to drop the batter with the help of spoon.
4. Dip the paneer cubes one by one into the batter. Coat it evenly from all sides shaking off the excess.
5. Heat oil in a deep pan.Now gently slide coated paneer into hot oil. Fry few at a time else they won’t get crisp and fry evenly. Ensure the temperature is medium to low while frying them.
6. Once they get golden brown in color and looks crisp remove and place them on absorbent napkins.
7. Repeat the same with the rest of paneer and batter. Serve your paneer pakora hot with fried chilies, dry red chutney or tomato sauce.
Paneer Pakora recipecard below:
Paneer Pakoras
Recipe Type: snacks
Cuisine: Indian Cuisine
Author: Maria@flavorsofmumbai.com
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Serves: 8-10
Paneer Pakoras (fritters) a popular North Indian Cuisine and very simple to make.
Ingredients
- 250 gms cottage cheese (paneer) sliced into small squares or cubes or triangular shape
- 6 tbsp gram flour (besan)
- 1/2 tsp cooking soda
- 1 tsp carom seed (ajwain)
- 1 tsp fennel seed
- 1 tsp dry mango powder (amchur powder)
- 1 teaspoon turmeric (haldi)
- 2-3 cups oil for deep frying + 1/2 tbsp oil for batter
- black salt or salt as per taste
Instructions
- Firstly sift the besan on a meshed sieve.
- Add in all the spice powder, fennel seed, salt, water and cooking soda.
- Give a nice whisk and combine until smooth batter appears. Add 1/2 tbsp oil in the batter and mix again. This would help in giving the batter nice glaze plus aid in absorbing less oil. Also note the batter has to be slightly towards thicker consistency. You should be able to drop the batter with the help of spoon.
- Heat a deep pan with oil. Dip the paneer cubes one by one into the batter. Coat it evenly from all sides shaking off the excess.
- Now gently slide coated paneer into hot oil. Fry few at a time else they won’t get crisp and fry evenly. Ensure the temperature is medium to low while frying them.
- Once they get golden brown in color and looks crisp remove and place them on absorbent napkins. I don’t have a pic for this one.
- Repeat the same with the rest of paneer and batter. Serve your paneer pakora hot with fried chilies, dry red chutney or tomato sauce.
Notes
1. The batter has to be of medium consistency neithe too thick nor too thin so add water accordingly.[br]2. While frying Pakoras of any kinds ensure the flame is on low or medium fire else the pakodas won’t fry evenly.[br]4. If you don’t have amchur them add chat masala instead or just skip this step.[br]5. Instead of red chili powder you could use green chilies or pepper powder for spicing the pakoras.
