Palak cheese balls-Deep fried spinach and gram flour balls stuffed with spice and cheese
INGREDIENTS-
prep time-5 min
cooking time-20 min
serve-4
- Gram flour /Besan-1/2 cup
- Chopped spinach-1.5 cup
- Chopped green chilies-1 tsp
- Lemon juice-1/2 tsp
- Water-1/2 cup
- Turmeric-1/8 tsp
- Salt-1/2 tsp
- Oil-1 tbsp
STUFFING-
- Grated cottage cheese/paneer-1/2 cup
- Mozzarella cheese-2 tbsp
- Chopped green chilies-1 tsp
- Chopped raisins-1 tsp
- Chili flakes -1/2 tsp
- Salt-1/4 tsp
PROCEDURE-
- In a bowl add gram flour,water,lemon juice,turmeric,oil and salt and blend well with a hand blendar.
- Add this mixture in a nonstick pan and cook on low flame for approx 2-3 minutes till it thickens.
- Switch off the gas and wait till mixture cool down a bit and become lukewarm and easy to handle.
- Now mix in the chopped spinach and green chilies and mash well and then make round balls with greased hands.
- In a bowl mix all the the ingredients for stuffing.
- Flatten the balls and stuff each with 1 tsp of stuffing mixture,close the balls properly.
- Deep fry in hot oil till golden in colour.
- Drain on a paper napkin and serve hot.
Serving suggestions-serve with a tangy sauce or mint chutney





WeR SAHM
Delicious mouth watering snack
Gauri
A perfect bite size snack when I have guests at home!
nisha
looks perfect
Priya
Very attractive balls, will definitely please the crowd in a party.
Kaveri Venkatesh
They look very tempting…
Ramya Krishnamurthy
hi sis:)looks so yummy:)can we use cheedar instead of mozrella?
Gayu
Looks yummy..Very tempting..Cool presentation
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divya
Looks delicious n awesome. Lovely clicks.
Julie
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Subhie Arun
Wow .. New to me…my son will lov.. Bookmarked!
Hamaree Rasoi
Delicious and mouthwatering cheese balls.
Deepa
Beena.stephy
Woow beautiful
Archana Potdar
Wow. This is yum. I never thought of cooking the gram flour. You have opened new options for me.
Meena B
wow do i say more. perfect party dish or shud i say anytime dish