Paneer cutlet recipe or paneer tikki – Cutlet is one of the delicious, easy, healthy and best after school snacks for kids. Paneer is one of the most important sources of protein and calcium for vegetarian Indians. Just like most kids, mine too love paneer and especially these paneer cutlets are their favorite snack.
This paneer cutlet is mostly made in our home for the kids after school as a evening snack. It can be used as a patty for vegetable burger or can be relished as it is or can be used to make a chat. I have never tried this deep frying. I always prefer to bake them or shallow fry. I tawa fry as well, with the left over mix most of the times.
Baking these is super easy, just mix up everything and make the paneer cutlet. Bake them until golden. I have not coated these in bread crumbs and kept the recipe simple.
You can use any kind of veggies along with paneer to make these paneer cutlets. Carrots, peas, potato, sweet potatoes & sweet corn are some of the vegetables that go well.
For more Paneer recipes, you can check
Paneer cheese toast
Paneer dahi kabab
Paneer 65
Paneer sandwich
Chilli paneer
Paneer bread roll
Paneer pakora
Preparation for paneer cutlet
1. Firstly add all the ingredients to a bowl.
2. Next knead all the ingredients. The mixture must come together.
How to make paneer cutlet or paneer tikki
3. Take small portions and make them to patties. To bake place them on a greased foil or butter paper.
4. Shallow fry or tawa fry the paneer tikki.
5. Baked at 220 C for 12 minutes.
Serve paneer cutlet hot.
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Paneer cutlet recipe
Paneer cutlet
For best results follow the step-by-step photos above the recipe card
Ingredients (US cup = 240ml )
- 1 cup paneer crumbled (Indian Cottage Cheese)
- ¾ cup potato boiled or mashed mixed veggies or sweet corn (pulsed coarsely)
- 2 to 3 green chilies chopped small (adjust)
- ¼ cup bread crumbs or powdered poha (adjust as needed)
- 1 tsp ginger paste
- ¼ tsp cumin or jeera
- 1 medium onion optional
- 1/8 tsp turmeric or haldi
- ¾ tsp garam masala powder
- handful coriander leaves chopped
- Salt to taste
Instructions
Preparation for paneer cutlet
- Boil veggies till soft cooked without making mushy. Mash them. If using sweet corn, boil them till al dente. Cool and pulse them in a blender.
- Add them to a bowl. Also add paneer, bread crumbs, salt, cumin, ginger, turmeric, garam masala, coriander leaves and chilies.
- Mix them well to make a dough. If the mixture is too soft, you can add more bread crumbs.
Making patties
- Make patties using the mixture. The patties should not be too thin or thick.
- Grease a pan generously with oil and heat it.
Making paneer cutlet
- When the pan is hot enough, place these on the pan.
- Flipping to the other side, fry them until golden and crisp.
To bake paneer cutlets
- For baking in oven, preheat the oven to 220 C.
- Prepare a baking tray, grease it well.
- Make small thin patties (appr ¼ inch), and smear little oil on them.
- Bake for 10 to 15 mins, next flip them to the other side.
- Repeat baking paneer cutlet for another 10 to 12 mins.
- Serve with chutney or ketchup.
Alternative quantities provided in the recipe card are for 1x only, original recipe.
For best results follow my detailed step-by-step photo instructions and tips above the recipe card.
NUTRITION INFO (estimation only)
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I tried this recipe today. Made some tweaks to suit our taste. Turned out awesome!!! My husband and I loved it a lot!
I used tofu n baked it, so super healthy too. I have Never written a review for recipe but had to write for this one. Fast, easy, healthy n super delicious! Thank you!!!
Welcome Salimah
Glad you liked it. Thanks for leaving a comment.
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Hi Swasthi,
Could I substitute poha/ bread with anything else as I do not have both of these.
Hi Sandhya,
Powder some roasted/fried gram and use. If you don’t have that then roast besan until aromatic,cool and use.
Thank you…
You can also use oat flour/ blended oats. I substitute oats in every recipe that calls for bread crumbs, have yet to be disappointed.
I love your recipes, they are easy to understand and always turn out good. Thanks for all the effort that you put.
Welcome Ruchi,
Thank you so much. So happy to know the food turns out good.
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A easy snack, thanks for sharing.
Welcome Divya
Hi Swasthi
We tried yr Paneer cutlets recipe abd it came out superb.The directions were easy to follow. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for trying and rating the recipe
Too good recipies
I have ever seen
Great work done
Your receipes are very easy n very tasty
Thanks
Hi Swasthi,
I tried this without using pudina. They tasted good.
They turned out to be very soft. How can I get them as little crunchy? Please let me know.
My kid liked them very much.
Hi Shravani
I have updated the recipe, probably the soaked bread slices made the cutlet soft. You can use dry bread crumbs or powdered poha to make the dough firm. This is a very old post, I use to make earlier with soaked bread slices. Now I make with powdered poha. They turn out good and crisp as well. Hope this helps. Thanks for trying
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Ok I will try with poha next time. Thank you
plzz try this recipe take fully mature but raw mangoes boil them for 10 minutes peel off their skin and heat oil in a pan add red chilli whole 3-4 and then add a little turmeric powder and red chilli powder add the boiled mangoes and stirr for a while then add coriander seeds crushed well and then after cooking on low flame add 100-300 ml of water as required add salt as per taste let it boil and mix it well add garam masala in the end… enjoy the khatti khatti amb ki maani (raw mango curry ) add jaggery if you want to make it sweet a little also
Thanks Mrinal
I will try surely.
Simply amazing. Nice way to make kids eat paneer again
Thanks Anlet
Happy to know you liked it
yummy cutlets…….
love cutlets in all form..
nice breakfast after noon….
Thanks shweta, glad to know you liked them
Very tasty
Thank you
Paneer kb Dalu MA isme wo to raka reh gya
Add them along with bread crumbs and other ingredients
super
thanks
Welcome Sri Ram
nice very nice
Nice
perfectly browned cutlets, great with after noon tea,yummmm
Yummy.
Baking makes these cutlets more guilt free, paneer in anything is my all time favourite.
nice clicks.love these cutlets ,love the addition of corn ,quite a twist from the usual ones.
baking will make it more healthy.. like the addition of mint..