Paneer Pakora Recipe | Masala Stuffed Crispy Paneer Pakoda with detailed photo and video recipe. A simple snack recipe prepared with spiced paneer cubes, coated with besan or chickpea flour batter. It is a popular pakora variation with moist and spice-coated paneer inside and crisp chickpea coating outside. Perfect party starter or evening snack served with either green chutney or tomato sauce.
Paneer Pakora Recipe | Masala Stuffed Crispy Paneer Pakoda with step-by-step photo and video recipe. Pakora recipes are typically made with either a slice of vegetables or with a combination of vegetables. However, in this recipe, moist paneer cubes are used in the place of vegetables to prepare the crisp pakora. It can be an ideal snack and can be used as patties to stuff between sandwiches and burgers.
Pakora recipes are very common snack recipes prepared in almost every Indian household. Almost all vegetables are used to prepare this delicacy and served as snacks, side dishes and even used in curries or sabzis. My personal favorite has always been the paneer pakora recipe and nothing can beat its crisp and moist taste combination. Traditionally the paneer pakoda recipe was limited to households in North India. However, after this simple recipe by street food vendors, it has become significantly popular among urban youths. Moreover, there are several variations to these pakoras, especially with their coating, or stuffing and hence their taste.
While the recipe is extremely simple, yet some tips, recommendations, and serving ideas for the paneer pakora recipe. Firstly, in this recipe, I have roughly coated the paneer cubes with spice powders before coating and deep frying. Alternatively, you can sandwich 2 paneer cubes with green chutney, tomato sauce, or with spice powder followed by coating and deep frying. Secondly, ensure to use soft and dry paneer cubes for these pakora recipes. otherwise while deep frying it may splutter and also lose its coating. Lastly, adding baking soda is completely optional and it does not add any taste to it. However, it makes it puffy and more visually attractive.
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About Masala Stuffed Paneer Pakora
It is a simple and tasty deep-fried cottage cheese fritter known for its crispy and crunchy outer layer with masala stuffing moist paneer inside. Paneer Pakora or Masala Stuffed Paneer Pakoda is a classical North Indian tea-time snack known for its layered texture. Apart from being consumed as a deep-fried snack, it can also be used as a tasty patty or even as stuffing between sandwiches or burgers.
There are many different ways the Paneer Pakora recipes can be prepared. The most common way is to just dip the paneer cubes into spiced besan batter and deep-fried. This would taste great, but may not attract the spice lover. Hence the Stuffed Masala Paneer Pakoda can be an ideal alternative. Even with stuffing, it can be done with masala stuffing between 2 paneer cubes. Also, the stuffing can be varied with masala aloo stuffing.
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Paneer Pakora Recipe | Masala Stuffed Crispy Paneer Pakoda
Ingredients
- 200 grams paneer
- 1 cup besan / gram flour
- 2 tbsp rice flour
- ¼ tsp turmeric
- ½ tsp chilli powder
- ¼ tsp ajwain / carom seeds, crushed
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- ½ tsp salt
- pinch hing
- 2 tbsp coriander, chopped
- water, for batter
- ½ tsp baking powder
- oil, for frying
Instructions
- Firstly, in a large bowl take 1 cup besan, 2 tbsp rice flour, ¼ tsp turmeric, ½ tsp chilli powder, ¼ tsp ajwain, 1 tsp ginger garlic paste, ½ tsp salt, pinch hing and 2 tbsp coriander.
- Add water and whisk smooth.
- Prepare a smooth lump free thick batter.
- Now add ½ tsp baking powder and mix well.
- Take small pieces of paneer slices and dip them in batter.
- Deep fry in hot oil keeping the flame on medium.
- Stir occasionally, until the pakoda turns golden brown and crispy.
- Drain off and finally enjoy Paneer Pakoda Recipe with green chutney.
Nutrition
How to Make Paneer Pakora with Step-by-step photos
- Firstly, in a large bowl take 1 cup besan, 2 tbsp rice flour, ¼ tsp turmeric, ½ tsp chilli powder, ¼ tsp ajwain, 1 tsp ginger garlic paste, ½ tsp salt, pinch hing and 2 tbsp coriander.
- Add water and whisk smooth.
- Prepare a smooth lump free thick batter.
- Now add ½ tsp baking powder and mix well.
- Take small pieces of paneer slices and dip them in batter.
- Deep fry in hot oil keeping the flame on medium.
- Stir occasionally, until the pakoda turns golden brown and crispy.
- Drain off and finally enjoy Paneer Pakoda Recipe with green chutney.
Notes
- Firstly, slice the paneer into slightly thick pieces, or else there are chances of paneer breaking.
- Also, adding baking soda gives softness to the pakoda.
- Additionally, prepare the masaledear batter to add flavour to the paneer.
- Finally, Paneer Pakoda Recipe tastes great when served hot.