Bread and Paneer Cheese Balls

Ingredients:

• Paneer - 200 gms
• Bread - 10 to 12 slices (You can use any type of bread. White / Brown / Wholewheat, whichever you like)
• Thick Curds - 1/4 cup
• Cheese cubes - 1 or 2
• Green Chillies - 2 to 3 finely chopped
• A piece of ginger, finely chopped or grated
• Coriander leaves, finely chopped (easier way to finely chop coriander is to use scissors instead of knife)
• Corn flour - 2 tbsp
• Salt and Pepper to taste
• Oil for frying

Method:

1. Soak the bread slices in curds for 2 minutes
2. Grate Paneer and cheese.
3. Mix the paneer-cheese combo with the bread slices in curd and all other ingredients
4. Knead this mixture well, so that it gets tightly bound.
5. Make small round balls and deep fry in oil.
6. Makes 12 to 15 balls. Serve hot during tea time. 

Baby Corn Manchurian

A tasty evening snack recipe especially after a boring day in office !!!

Ingredients: baby corn, besan, garlic, ginger, oil, soya sauce, pureed tomato/ tomato sauce, coriander, corn flour.

1. Boil the baby corn in water with a pinch of salt. Allow it to cool and cut into long vertical pieces.

2. Mix besan, 1 spoon chilli powder, 1/2 spoon turmeric and salt. Add water and prepare a thick paste. Do not dilute the paste else the mixture would not coat the baby corn thick enough.

3. Add the baby corn in the besan mixture and drop in pre heated oil and fry till light brown in colour.

4. Remove all baby corn pieces from oil and keep aside.

5. Now heat a fresh Kadai with 1 spoon of oil. Add chopped garlic, ginger and onion.

6. Add turmeric powder and a pinch of chilli powder and fry well.

7. Add puréed tomato (2 tablespoons) or alternatively tomato sauce if in a hurry.

8. Mix well and add soya sauce and mix again.

9. Mix 3 medium spoons of corn flour with a bit of water and add the mixture into the gravy.

10. If available add vegetable stock or replace with water ( I always use water.. :))

11. Mix well and allow it to cook on low flame for 5 mins.

12. After 5 mins, add the fried baby corn pieces and cook on high flame for few minutes, stirring continuously.

13. Remove from flame, garnish with chopped onions and coriander and serve.