KFC Style Veg and Paneer Strips | Vegetable nuggets
KFC Style Veg and Paneer Strips are crispy and crunchy vegetable nuggets that is loaded with paneer and a cheesy surprise inside. Perfect dish to sneak in vegetables in your kids diet.
Servings: 12 strips
Ingredients
- 200 gms Paneer grated
- 300 gms Potatoes boiled and mashed
- 1 medium Carrots grated
- 1 small Bell pepper finely chopped
- 1/4 cup Green peas boiled (optional)
- 2-3 tbsp Sweet corn boiled (optional)
- 1 small Onion finely chopped
- 1-2 Green Chillies chopped
- 1 inch Ginger chopped
- 1/3 cup Fresh Coriander leaves chopped
- 1/2 tsp Chilli powder
- 1-2 tsp Chaat masala
- 1/2 tsp Aamchur
- 1/2 tsp Garam masala
- 1 tsp Oil
- Cheddar cheese cubes for stuffing
- Salt as per taste
- Oil for deep frying
For the slurry
- 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour
- 2-3 tbsp Corn Flour
- 1/2 tsp Pepper powder
- 1/4 tsp Salt
For the Crispy Coating
- 3/4 cup Golden Bread crumbs (Store bought)
- 1/2 cup Corn Flakes Crushed
Instructions
- Add 1 tsp oil in a skillet. When hot add chopped chillies and ginger and saute for 10 seconds.
- Next add chopped onion and bell peppers and saute for 2 minutes and take it off the gas.
- In a large bowl add the mashed potatoes, grated carrot, peas, sweet corn, paneer, chilli powder, aamchur, chaat masala, garam masala, fried onion-bell pepper, coriander and salt.
- Mix and mash with hands properly and keep it aside.
- Now divide the mixture the mixture into 12-14 balls. Then take one ball and add cheese in the center.
- And now shape them into rectangular nuggets.
- Cover with a cling film and refrigerate it for 30 minutes to one hour to firm up.
- Now make the slurry by mixing all purpose flour, corn flour, salt, pepper and water into a thin slurry. Now dip the nugget in the slurry.
- Mix bread crumbs and finely crushed cornflakes together.
- Coat it well with bread crumbs.
- Now deep fry in the oil in batches.
- Fry it until golden brown and serve it hot.
