Ingredients:
• 2 cup – plain flour
• 2 tbsp – Ghee or oil
• 2 – potatoes, mashed
• 2 – Green chillies
• 3-4 Cloves – Garlic
• 1 piece – Ginger
• 1/2 cup – paneer, grated
• 1 tbsp – coriander chopped
• 1 tsp – Lemon juice
• 1 tbsp – oil
• Salt to taste
• A few drops – green food colour
• Oil to deep fry
Method:
- Mix plain flour, ghee and salt
- Knead into pliable dough, adding water
- Cover with a moist cloth and keep aside
- Grind together ginger, garlic, chillies
- Heat oil, add garlic paste, fry for a moment
- Add mashed potatoes, lemon juice, salt, coriander, paneer and mix well
- Divide into 15-17 parts, roll into round balls
- To a fistful of dough add green colour and mix well
- Divide the white dough into 15 -17 parts and roll into small rounds
- Place a ball of filling in the centre
- Make a strip out of a tiny bit of green dough.
- Pull edges up around the filling like a pouch.
- Wrap green dough string around neck of pouch.
- Press and secure.
- Deep fry in hot oil, on low flame till light brown.
- Drain, and place on kitchen paper to remove excess oil
- Serve hot with tamarind chutney or sauce
Recipe courtesy of Saroj Kering