Potato Paneer Tots
December 22nd, 2008 filed under Appetizers, Gluten Free, Snacks
Potato Paneer Tots are a great blend of potatoes, paneer and jalapeno pepper.
Recipe makes about 24.
Ingredients:
- 2 medium russet potatoes
- 1 cup mashed paneer
- 1 teaspoon salt, adjust to taste
- 1 finely chopped jalapeno pepper (hari mirch)
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
For batter:
- 3 tablespoon all purpose flour (maida, plain flour)
- 5 tablespoons water
Also needed:
- Oil to fry
Method:
- Mix flour and water together and make a thin, smooth batter and keep aside.
- Peel the skin off the potatoes and shred them in a grater or food processor.
- In a pan boil the water. After it comes to boil put the shredded potatoes in the water and let it boil for two to three minutes until they are just tender. Note: don’t over cook the potatoes they will become mushy, should be able to feel the shredded potatoes
- Once cooked, drain the water and pour some cold water over the potatoes.
- Gently squeeze the excess water out of the potatoes, again making sure to not make the shredded potatoes mushy.
- Next mix shredded potatoes, mashed paneer, and jalapeno pepper, and salt together
- Divide the potato mixture in about 24 equal parts and form them into bullet shape. Keep aside.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium high heat.
- The frying pan should have at least 1 ½ inch of oil. To check if the oil is ready, put one small piece of mix in the oil, it should sizzle and come up right away.
- Dip the potato balls in the batter one at a time and slowly drop into the frying pan.
- Turn them occasionally. Fry tots until golden-brown all around.
- Remove them with a slotted spoon and drain on a paper towel.
- Serve them hot with your choice of tomato ketchup or coriander (hari) chutney or tamarind (imli) chutney. They also taste great as is.
hello manjula aunty, ur recipes r awesome…i have tried quite a few with great results.i wanted to know, in the paneer potato tots recipe what can i replace the jalapeno peppers with.i live in africa n they r difficult to get.
thanx
hello aunty
i started enjoying cooking after watching you,even my kids love it..they say oh what is aunty going to make today?
san juan,puerto rico
hi manjula aunty,
I have tried most of all your receipes..and they all came out very delicious..thanks a lot..i love all your receipes..keep going..
Namaste Manjulaji,
Thanks lot for your good work; your website with recipes and video is so good!!!
for the Potato Paneer Tots recipe, is it possible to replace paneer with tofu?
thanks!
namaskar,
Shanti
Hello Shanti, you should be able to use Tofu, use firm tofu grate the tofu and squeeze the extra water from tofu.
hi Manjula aunty… i tried most of ur recipes..they came out very nice…especially RAGASULLA N NAN KHATAI.. my husband appreciated me alot….:)
Thank u
SudhaBalaji
i think yr receipes are just fabulous. Keep up the good work and let us have many many more. Thanks Arlene
Hello Aunty,
You have a wonderful collection of recipes.
I have a question regarding this recipe..can this be baked and nt fried?
I am cutting down on fried stuff.
Please let me know as soon as you can as I cant wait to try it..
Thanks,
Ritu
I have never tried baking, try and let me know how it came out.
I tried to bake these and it didn’t turn out well at all. I tried again using the potato mixture as a filling for won-ton wrappers that I rolled up like tiny egg rolls. I brushed with olive oil and baked according the direction on the won-ton wrapers. My kids love them. Mini Indian tater tot egg rolls! See what creativity you inspire Aunty!
Hi Manjula Aunty,
I saw the video and was reminded of my mom. Thanks for the recipe, video and the sweet narrations. I am going to try this recipe today itself.
hi!!!
thanks for showing this recepie.we all enjoyed eating it my
parents loved it
thanks for showing thjs recepie
hello ms.manjula,
i was just sitting idle at home and wanted to make something yummy with potatoes.so i just searched for the home receipies websites n luckily got this.
i am going to try this tonight.
Thanks you for this.