Crispy Paneer Pakoda Fritters

Based on a secret recipe and fried twice, these paneer fritters come out extra crispy and delicious. A perfect appetizer served with a green chutney.

Paneer Pakoda – or Cottage cheese fritters – are delicious, tasty and crispy fried fritters made of fresh cottage cheese and gram flour batter.

This pakoda recipe is from the popular shop “Billu de Mashoor Pakode”, in a small city on the Haryana-Delhi border called Bahadurgarh. They are famous all over outer Delhi and Haryana and people come to relish them from far and wide. I remember we used to go to Bahadurgarh on weekends just to eat their pakoda platters. There was a long line at the shop and we had to wait at least an hour to eat them. I always saw them deep frying the pakodas twice to make them extra crispy and tasty. One time I asked for the recipe from the main Halwai but he refused to tell the secret. The other time I asked a boy who served the platters and he told me “ye masla wo masala aur do baar fry karo and pakoda ready”, which roughly translates to “this spice, that spice, and fry twice – pakoda ready”. See, it’s that easy!

See Also

Homemade Ricotta Cheese

Serve hot with green mint chutney.

Crispy Paneer Pakoda Fritters

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• Author: Sapana Behl
• Total Time: 25 minutes
• Yield: 4-6 portions 1x

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Based on a secret recipe and fried twice, these paneer fritters come out extra crispy and delicious. A perfect appetizer served with a green chutney.

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Ingredients

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For Paneer

• 250 gm (9.13 ounces paneer/cottage cheese,cut in rectangle pieces)
• dash of salt
• 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder

For Batter

• 1 cup besan/gram flour
• 1/2 teaspoon carom seeds/aijwain
• 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
• 1/2 teaspoon garam masala
• 1/2 teaspoon chaat masala+more to sprinkle while serving
• 1/2 teaspoon amchoor powder+more to sprinkle while serving
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
• 1/2 teaspoon fennel (powder)
• salt to taste
• 1/4 cup yogurt/whisked
• water as required
• oil for deep frying

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Instructions

1. In a bowl add paneer pieces .sprinkle them with salt and red chilli powder and set aside.
2. In another mixing bowl add all the ingredients for batter except batter.
3. Whisk and slowly add little water at a time.Make a thick batter using enough water.
4. Heat oil in a wok.
5. Dip paneer piece one by one in batter and drop in hot oil.
6. Deep fry the paneer pieces until light golden from both sides.
7. Drain them on paper towel.
8. Now press the paneer pieces in between a piece of foil or tissue and drop them again in oil.
9. Fry them again until dark golden and crispy. Drain on paper towel.
10. Sprinkle with amchur powder or chaat masala.
11. Serve hot with green mint chutney.

• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins
• Category: Appetizer
• Method: Frying
• Cuisine: Indian

Keywords: indian, masala, paneer, fritters, pakoda, appetizer, finger food