Shahi-Paneer Bread Pakora

Shahi Paneer Bread Pakora

(A hot tea-time or rainy-day snack made by deep-frying mini paneer/cottage-cheese sandwiches soaked in a spicy gram-flour batter)
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PrepTime : Serves : Cook Time
2Min 3 15Min

Ingredients :
6 bread slices
3 tbsp spicy mint chutney/sauce
3 tbsp sweet tamarind chutney/sauce
4-6 5mm thick paneer slices
2tbsp butter
1 cup gram-flour
1/2 cup beaten curd/yoghurt
1.5 tbsp chaat masala
1/4 tsp ajwain
1/4 tsp red chili pwd
1/4 tsp turmeric pwd
1/ tsp cumin pwd
1 tsp sugar
water to make the batter
salt to taste
oil to deep fry

Cooking Instructions:

Marinade paneer slices in butter & chaat masala - set aside for 10-15 mins. Make a smooth batter (ribbon - consistency) of the flour, sugar, salt, yoghurt, turmeric, red chili pwd, cumin pwd, ajwain with some water. Trim the edges off the bread slices & apply tamrind sauce to 3 slices & mint sauce to the other 3. Place paneer slices between a slice of tamrind sauce & 1 with mint sauce. Repeat with the remaining bread & paneer. Cut into half or diagonally to triangles. Wet your hands & press each sandwich between moist palms to ensure slices stick together & don't slip apart. Heat oil in a deep-frying vessel (kadai). Insert triangles delicately into the batter, coat evenly & safely immerse into the hot oil. Turn over when its golden-brown beneath & fry to get an even color all-round. Leave to drain on paper towel & serve with chutneys, ketchup of any sauce of your choice.