Paneer popcorn
Crunchy paneer popcorn is a quick snack that is made similar to the chicken popcorn. Paneer is batter coated and then rolled in bread crumbs. Then deep fried till crunchy.
© Swasthi's Recipes
Servings: 4
Ingredients
Ingredients for paneer popcorn
- 1 ¼ cup paneer cubed or Indian cottage cheese (½ by 1 inch size)
- ¼ cup plain flour / maida or rice flour or besan (heaped cup)
- 1 ½ tsp ginger garlic paste
- Salt as needed
- ½ to ¾ tsp red chilli powder (reduce for toddlers)
- ¼ to ½ tsp pepper crushed
- ¾ tsp garam masala or any spice powder like allspice
- ¾ tsp dried herbs (optional) or coriander leaves chopped.
For the crust
- ½ cup bread crumbs
- Salt as needed
- ¼ tsp red chili powder
Instructions
Preparation for paneer popcorn
- Cut paneer to one by half inch cubes. Keep these aside.
- Add red chili powder, salt and bread crumbs to a wide bowl. Mix everything well and set aside.
- Add flour, salt, ginger garlic paste, pepper, herbs, red chili powder and garam masala to a mixing bowl.
- Add water little by little and make a thick batter. Too thick batter will make them hard so it has to be moderately thick.
How to make paneer popcorn
- Add the paneer cubes to this and coat them well with the batter.
- Roll each of these batter coated paneer cubes in bread crumbs.
- Gently press down the crumbs to the paneer.
- Refrigerate for about 15 mins.
- Heat oil in a kadai. When the oil is hot enough, add the bread coated paneer cubes in the hot oil.
- Regulate the flame to medium and fry stirring until golden.
- Drain them when golden and crunchy. To fry the next batch, discard the bread crumbs that settle at the bottom of the kadai. Then add the next batch.
- Serve paneer popcorn with red chilli sauce or schezwan sauce.
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Nutrition
Calories: 290kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 46mg | Sodium: 128mg | Potassium: 36mg | Fiber: 1g | Vitamin A: 200IU | Calcium: 367mg | Iron: 1.4mg
