Paneer Kachori Recipe
This Paneer kachori recipe shows the popular, crispy and delicious Indian breakfast and snack recipe that is enjoyed in this monsoon season along with hot tea. It is made by stuffing paneer(Indian cottage cheese) along with spices inside a dough made with all purpose flour and ghee.
Ingredients
For Dough
- 2 cup maida all purpose flour
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ cup refined oil/desi ghee
- Water as required
- 1 tsp oil
For Stuffing
- 2 onion finely chopped
- 4 green chilli chopped
- 1 tbsp garlic grated
- 4 tbsp coriander leaves chopped
- 1 tbsp ginger grated
- 200 gm grated paneer Indian cottage cheese
- 3 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp cumin
- salt as per taste
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- ½ tsp red chilli powder
- ½ tsp garam masala
- coriander leaves Chopped
- Oil for frying
Instructions
- To make the dough for the paneer kachori, take 2 cups of maida(all-purpose flour), ½ tsp salt, and ¼ cup of refined oil or desi ghee in a mixing bowl. Mix well.
- We have to mix well until the flour breaks easily in our hands. Next, add water gradually to make a soft dough. Mix 1 tsp oil with the dough. Cover it and keep it aside for 20 minutes.
- To make the Paneer kachori stuffing, prepare the following veggies: 2 finely chopped onions, 3-4 chopped green chilli, 1 tbsp grated garlic, 4 tbsp chopped coriander leaves, and 1 tbsp grated ginger.
- Take 200 gm paneer and finely grate it. Keep it aside along with the veggies.
- Heat 3 tbsp oil in a kadai/pan.
- Once the oil is heated, add 1 tsp cumin and the chopped ginger, garlic, and green chilli. Cook for a minute on medium flame.
- After a minute, add the chopped onions. Mix well and cook until the onions turn soft.
- Once the onions change color, add salt as per taste. Mix well and cook for a minute.
- Turn the flame to low and add the following spices: 1 tsp coriander powder, ½ tsp red chilli powder, and ½ tsp garam masala. Mix well. You can adjust the spiciness by changing the quantity of red chilli powder.
- Now, add the grated paneer and mix it well with the spices.
- Add chopped coriander leaves and mix it well.
- The stuffing is ready. Take it out and Keep it aside to let it cool at room temperature. Turn off the flame.
- Once the stuffing has cooled down, prepare small lemon-sized balls out of dough and keep them aside.
- Check the dough now. Mix it well and prepare small balls slightly bigger than lemon.
- Take a ball in your hands. Flatten it and place a paneer stuffing ball in between.
- Seal the stuffing inside the dough. Flatten it. Prepare the rest of the kachoris in the same manner.
- Now, heat oil in a kadhai. Once the oil is heated, add the kachoris to the kadai.
- Fry the kachoris. Keep flipping and frying both sides.
- Fry the kachoris until they become crisp and change color to golden brown.
- Enjoy your delicious and crispy Paneer Kachoris. Serve it with spicy green chutney.