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    Paneer nuggets recipe

    March 14, 2018 by Raks Anand 16 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Paneer nuggets preparation with full video, step by step pictures. Eggless nuggets that stays crispy and crunchy for long time.

    Paneer nuggets recipe
    Paneer nuggets
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    My family loves paneer a lot. I cook paneer once a week surely for Aj's lunch box, packing paneer butter masala for him. Other than that, mostly in weekends, we like to have paneer for snack.

    I make tikka or paneer pakora which is Aj's favorite. When in good quality, paneer is an excellent source of protein, that too for vegetarians.

    Aj doesn't consume curd or any other form of milk / other than his daily dose of complan.

    So if he ask for paneer snack, I make for him. He loves tikka with green chutney and even loves paneer cheela, paneer sandwich.

    Paneer nuggets recipe
    Paneer nuggets

    After all these, I really wanted to find another snack which I could make for the family.

    I wanted to try corn flakes coating in any of my recipes, as I like the way it looks. Crispy and golden.

    So coming to today's recipe, I followed the same base of my onion rings batter and just a slight modification gave me a perfect recipe for nuggets.

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    Paneer nuggets recipe

    Paneer nuggets preparation with full video, step by step pictures. Eggless nuggets that stays crispy and crunchy for long time.
    Course Snack
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 30 minutes
    Cook Time 10 minutes
    Servings 4
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • 200 gm Fresh Paneer cut into cubes
    • ¼ cup All purpose flour Maida
    • 1 teaspoon Red chilli powder
    • 1 teaspoon Lemon juice
    • 1 tablespoon Corn starch White corn flour
    • ¼ teaspoon Baking powder
    • ½ teaspoon Black pepper powder
    • 1 teaspoon Crushed garlic or garlic powder
    • Milk - As needed
    • ¼ cup Bread crumbs
    • ½ cup Corn flakes
    • Oil - to deep fry
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    Instructions

    • Take cubed paneer in a bowl, keep immersed in hot water until use.
    • Drain from water, add red chilli powder, salt and lemon juice. Coat well.
    • Place corn flakes in a zip lock cover, crush it to make smaller crumbles, using a rolling pin or pestle.
    • Mix bread crumbs, crushed flakes in a plate.
    • Coat each paneer cube in maida.
    • Make a batter out of maida, corn starch, baking powder, pepper powder, garlic and required salt using milk. Batter that is not too thick, but have to coat the paneer.
    • Now dip each paneer in the batter. I dipped everything and arranged over a wire rack.
    • Further, coat the paneer cubes dipped in batter in the bread crumbs, corn flakes mixture, well in all sides. Repeat to finish all.
    • Heat oil and deep fry the paneer cubes in batches. Stir gently in between to ensure even cooking. Cook in medium flame. Once golden and crisp, drain over paper towel.

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    Notes

    • Keeping paneer in hot water ensures softer results.
    • You can add any dry herbs if you like. 
    • To prepare bread crumbs at home, dry in sun and powder the bread slices in a mixer.
    • Alternately, you can microwave for 3 minutes (changing position each minute) to make it crisp and then powder to make crumbs.
    • Make sure to crush corn flakes well.
    • Do not make the batter too thick.
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    Paneer nuggets steps

    1. Take cubed paneer in a bowl, keep immersed in hot water until use.

    paneer immersed in hot water

    2. Drain from water, add red chilli powder, salt and lemon juice. Coat well.

    marinate

    3. Place corn flakes in a zip lock cover, crush it to make smaller crumbles, using a rolling pin or pestle.

    crush

    4. Mix bread crumbs, crushed flakes in a plate.

    corn flakes, bread crumbs

    5. Coat each paneer cube in all purpose flour (maida).

    coat

    6. Make a batter out of maida, corn starch, baking powder, pepper powder, garlic and required salt using milk. Batter that is not too thick, but have to coat the paneer.

    make coating

    7. Now dip each paneer in the batter. I dipped everything and arranged over a wire rack.

    dip

    8. Further, coat the paneer cubes dipped in batter in the bread crumbs, corn flakes mixture, well in all sides. Repeat to finish all.

    coat paneer in crumbs

    9. Heat oil and deep fry the paneer cubes in batches. Stir gently in between to ensure even cooking. Cook in medium flame. Once golden and crisp, drain over paper towel.

    paneer nuggets ready

    Serve with tomato chilli sauce best combo.

    How to make paneer nuggets

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    Comments

    1. suhaina aji

      March 14, 2018 at 6:15 am

      Wow. Love that trolley. Nuggets looks insanely delish

      Reply
    2. Unknown

      March 15, 2018 at 12:26 am

      Such a well thought out recipe/dish. Thanks so much Rajeswari, you are so 'new' in how you think.... (I struggled to find the right word : wonderful? innovative? Creative?...) 'New' fits you! Anybody can think of a paneer pakoda. But you have gone several miles ahead.....
      Thank you for making a difference dear girl,
      meera

      Reply
    3. Geeta Srikrishna

      March 15, 2018 at 2:44 am

      Please let me know when to add salt

      Reply
    4. Raks Kitchen

      March 15, 2018 at 5:29 am

      Both while marinating paneer and in the batter. So add accordingly.

      Reply
    5. YumTumBhojana

      March 15, 2018 at 9:49 pm

      This comment has been removed by the author.

      Reply
    6. Raks Kitchen

      March 20, 2018 at 4:35 pm

      Hi MATS, the base of this recipe is the same as my onion rings recipe which has been posted a long time back. Check the facts before commenting.

      Reply
    7. Deepa

      April 18, 2018 at 12:10 pm

      Please let me know know if I can try this recipe with tofu available in NTUC instead of paneer? will the output be similar?

      Reply
    8. Raks Kitchen

      April 18, 2018 at 12:12 pm

      Sure, you can try.

      Reply
    9. Deepa

      April 19, 2018 at 5:22 am

      Thank you so much for your quick response.. May I know where you got that trolley from? Its looking so lovely.

      Reply
    10. Raks Kitchen

      April 19, 2018 at 6:40 am

      Trolley from D mart, Mumbai, got as gift.

      Reply
    11. Unknown

      December 22, 2018 at 2:27 am

      Hi Raks, the nuggets looks great. May I know if we can bake them instead of deep fry. And the required temperature?

      Reply
    12. Raks Kitchen

      December 22, 2018 at 2:32 am

      Though I have not tried this, you can try preheating at 180 deg c and same 180 deg baking temperature for 15 minutes.

      Reply
    13. Chithra

      January 01, 2019 at 8:55 am

      Hi.. I am a great fan of your page.. tried paneer nuggets today.. it came awesome.. my 2 yr old kid enjoyed..

      Reply
    14. Raks Kitchen

      January 01, 2019 at 9:03 am

      Hi Chithra, thank you so much 🙂 Happy New Year.

      Reply
    15. Santiya

      February 06, 2020 at 1:02 pm

      Can we prepare it without cornflakes.. Can you tell me why are you using cornflakes.. What happen if we did not use cornflakes

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        February 06, 2020 at 8:43 pm

        It gives extra crunch and crisp, you can use bread crumbs as alternative.

        Reply

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