Stuffed Paneer Aloo Tikki | Stuffed Cottage Cheese Potato Cutlet

Makes 10 Aloo Tikkis

Ingredients

For potato covering:

• 6-7 potatoes, boiled and mashed

• 4 tbsp besan or gram flour

• 2-3 green chillies, chopped

• Few coriander leaves, chopped

• 1 tsp ginger paste

• 1 tsp red chilli powder

• 1 tsp haldi powder

• 2 tsp salt

• 1 tsp amchoor or dry mango powder

• 1 tsp jeera powder

For paneer filling:

• 1 cup paneer, crumbled

• 1 tsp black pepper powder or kali mirch

• 1 tsp salt

• 1 tsp kasuri methi

• 1 tsp roasted peanut powder

• 1/2 tsp ginger paste

• oil, for frying

• 1/2 cup bread crumbs

• 1 tbsp cornflour in 2 tbsp water

• 5-6 cashew nuts, slit into half

Instructions

1. Add all the ingredients needed for the potato covering in a bowl and mix well to form a dough.

2. For the paneer stuffing, mix all its ingredients in a bowl.

3. Heat oil in a pan.

4. Take 1 small ball sized dough of the potato stuffing and fill in 1 tsp of paneer filling and using your hands shape it into a Tikki. Repeat the same for all others.

5. Dip your tikkis in cornflour paste and then roll them over some bread crumbs, finally pressing in one cashew nut on the top. Alternatively, you can just roll the tikkis over some rava or semolina.

6. Deep fry the tikkis in oil on high flame.

7. Your crispy stuffed paneer aloo tikkis are ready!

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving: 140 calories; 10.4 g fat, 5.9 g carbohydrates; 5.7 g protein; 0.4 g fibre.