Name: Bharva paneer pakoda recipe by Shivani Saxena at BetterButter
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 16 cubes of cottage cheese / paneer; Vegetable oil for frying; Ingredients for stuffing are as follows; 1 cup grated onion( squeeze water completely); 1 tbsp grated ginger and garlic; 1 tsp red chilli powder; 1 tsp garam masala; 1 tsp dry mango powder; 2 tsp salt or as per taste; Ingredients for batter used for dipping are as follows; 2.5 cups began or bengal gram lentil powder; 1 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tsp red chilli powder; Salt as required; Water as required

Ingredients Serving: 4

16 cubes of cottage cheese / paneer
Vegetable oil for frying
Ingredients for stuffing are as follows
1 cup grated onion( squeeze water completely)
1 tbsp grated ginger and garlic
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp dry mango powder
2 tsp salt or as per taste
Ingredients for batter used for dipping are as follows
2.5 cups began or bengal gram lentil powder
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp red chilli powder
Salt as required
Water as required

Instructions

Take a bowl. Add all ingredients of stuffing in it. Mix well .
Take one cube of cheese at a time, split it length wise but dont cut them completely. You will get a pocket in which you can fill your stuffing.
Fill all cubes with stuffing with the help of butter knife.
Take another bowl.Add all ingredients of batter in it. Mix well so as to get a thick batter of dropping consistency with no lumps.
Take a thick bottomed pan with vegetable oil.Place it on low flame.
Dip the stuffed cubes of cottage cheese in batter completely. Place these cubes in hot oil. Let it fry on low flame for 2 minutes and then on high flame for 2 minutes till it gets golden brown.
Fry all cubes like this. Serve hot with dip of your choice.

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