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Monsoon is the time for some real lip smacking snacks. Chef Ruchi Bharani is up with a mouth-watering appetizer recipe called the paneer pakoda. These fritters are crisp from outside and soft from the inside. Watch the video to learn to make these crispy delicious fritters.

Ingredients:

400g paneer
1/2 cup coriander mint chutney
1 cup gram flour
1 1/4 tbsp turmeric powder
1/2 tbsp red chilli powder
1/2 tbsp corriander & cumin seed powder
corriander leaves
salt to taste
chaat masala

Method:

To make the batter:
- In a bowl, add the gramflour, salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander and cumin seed powder, coriander leaves and water and whisk it into a pouring consistency batter.

To make paneer pakoda:
- Cut the paneer in cubes and then slit each cube from the centre, making 2 slices of paneer.
- Apply a thin layer of coriander mint chutney / garlic chutney / date and tamarind chutney on the paneer slices and make paneer sandwiches.
- Heat oil in a pan.
- Dip the paneer sandwiches into the batter. Make sure they are coated well with the batter.
- Fry the paneer coated with batter in the hot oil.
- Once they are fried, take the pakodas out on a absorbant paper.
- The paneer pakodas are ready to be served with some tasty chaat masala sprinkled over it.

Director: Suchandra Basu
Camera: Kawaldeep Singh Jangwal, Manjeet Katariya
Editing: Sagar Bamnolikar
Creative Head: Kavya Krishnaswamy
Producer: Rajjat A. Barjatya
Copyrights: Rajshri Entertainment Private Limited