Paneer Broccoli Fritters
This appetizer is protein rich as it has both paneer and broccoli in it. Yummy snack for breakfast or with evening tea
Servings 3 people
Ingredients
- 150 grams Broccoli 10-12 florets - this will make 1/3rd cup of broccoli paste
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 Tbsp plain flour Maida
- 150 ml Milk
- 1/3 cup Mashed and boiled potatoes
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp Chili flakes
- 1/2 tsp black pepper powder finely crushed
- 1 cup grated paneer
- 1/4 cup cornflour
- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
- Oil for frying
Instructions
To make broccoli paste with white sauce
- Boil the milk and cook broccoli for 5-7 mins or till it has become tender. Strain broccoli and keep aside the milk to use in the white sauce.
- Once broccoli is cool down at room temperature, grind it in a mixer.
To Make Fritters
- Take a frying pan, add 1tbsp butter and 1 bay leaf in it. After 30sec add broccoli paste in it. Fry them for 3-4 mins.
- Add maida to it and after saute it for 1 minute, add the milk kept aside slowly so that there are no lumps. Stir continuously. Simmer for 3-4 mins. Add potatoes, salt, black pepper and chili flakes in this mixture and keep saute it until it becomes dry enough to make balls out of it.
- Switch off the flame and add grated paneer in it. Keep this mix in a container, cling wrap it and refrigerate it for 30 mins.
- Scoop out a spoonful of the mix and make the oval shape of it. Keep it on a plate.
- Make cornflour slurry with water. Dip the oval shape paneer broccoli mix in cornflour paste and then in breadcrumbs and deep fry them.
- Serve the hot Paneer Broccoli fritters with tomato ketchup.
Notes
Adding potato will give binding to the mixture and give a good shape to fritters. Also please remove bay leaf from the mixture after adding paneer in it and keep it in the fridge.