Ingredients:

• 1 cup – Green Channa (Choliya)
• 4-5 Cloves of Garlic
• 2 inches – of Garlic
• 1 cup – Paneer grated or mashed
• Salt to taste
• 1/2 tsp – Cumin seeds
• Red Chilli powder to taste
• 1/2 tsp – Garam Masala
• Oil for frying

Method:

1. Soak the green channa overnight.
2. Drain all the water and grind the green channa with garlic, ginger and cumin seeds without water or as little water as possible.
3. Now put the ground channa in a bowl and mix the rest of the ingredients and the mashed paneer (which should be equal in quantity to the ground channa).
4. Keep a shallow frying pan on the stove and drizzle a little oil on it. Now take a little of the prepared mix in your hand and make a small round ball, flatten it by pressing the ball in your hands.
5. Put it in the heated pan on medium heat, shallow fry till it is brown on both the sides.
6. Serve with mint chutney or tomato sauce.

Recipe courtesy of Deepika Sharma