Paneer Cheese Puffs Recipe
A vegetarian Fusion recipe with -1/ all purpose flour (maida), butter - cold, salt - as required. Ready in 1h, serves 4.
Curated bySarah Jenkins🇺🇸
- 1
To begin making the Paneer Cheese Puffs, we will first prepare the pastry
paneer (homemade cottage cheese) - crumbled(1 cup)cheese(1/2 cup) - 2
In a food processor, pulse the flour and butter until it looks like bread crumbs
-1/ all purpose flour (maida)(2 cup)butter - cold(150 grams) - 3
This can also be done by hands
- 4
Just rub the flour and butter with your fingers till it resembles like bread crumbs
-1/ all purpose flour (maida)(2 cup)butter - cold(150 grams) - 5
Now slowly start adding water
chilled water - as required - 6
Start by adding a little
- 7
Keep adding until the dough just comes together
- 8
For this pulse a regular intervals rather than continuous pulsing
- 9
Once it comes together take it out in a cling film, wrap and chill for 30 minutes
- 10
If doing by hand avoid over kneading
- 11
Just add water and mix to combine
chilled water - as required - 12
Cling wrap and rest for 30 minutes
- 13
Now heat oil in a nonstick pan
- 14
Add onions and saute till soft
onion - finely chopped(1) - 15
Add paneer and cheese
paneer (homemade cottage cheese) - crumbled(1 cup)cheese(1/2 cup) - 16
Add salt, pepper and let it cool
salt - as requiredsalt and pepper - for taste - 17
The next step is to assemble the puffs
- 18
Preheat the oven at 200°C for 10 minutes
- 19
Take half the dough out of fridge and keep the rest back
- 20
Roll out on a flat surface
- 21
Cut circles with a cookie cutter
- 22
Spoon 1 tablespoon filling on one side
- 23
Flap over the other side onto the filling and press gently to seal
- 24
Place on the baking tray
- 25
Now with a fork gently make impression on the edges of the pastry
- 26
Brush with milk generously and sprinkle with sesame seeds
milk - for brushingsesame seeds (til seeds) - for topping - 27
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until top starts to brown
- 28
Serve Paneer Cheese Puffs along with Dhaniya Pudina Chutney and Tomato Garlic Chutney during tea time or as an appetiser for your house parties
paneer (homemade cottage cheese) - crumbled(1 cup)cheese(1/2 cup)
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Paneer Cheese Puffs Recipe
A vegetarian Fusion recipe with -1/ all purpose flour (maida), butter - cold, salt - as required. Ready in 1h, serves 4.
Curated bySarah Jenkins🇺🇸
Directions
28 steps- 1
To begin making the Paneer Cheese Puffs, we will first prepare the pastry
paneer (homemade cottage cheese) - crumbled(1 cup)cheese(1/2 cup) - 2
In a food processor, pulse the flour and butter until it looks like bread crumbs
-1/ all purpose flour (maida)(2 cup)butter - cold(150 grams) - 3
This can also be done by hands
- 4
Just rub the flour and butter with your fingers till it resembles like bread crumbs
-1/ all purpose flour (maida)(2 cup)butter - cold(150 grams) - 5
Now slowly start adding water
chilled water - as required - 6
Start by adding a little
- 7
Keep adding until the dough just comes together
- 8
For this pulse a regular intervals rather than continuous pulsing
- 9
Once it comes together take it out in a cling film, wrap and chill for 30 minutes
- 10
If doing by hand avoid over kneading
- 11
Just add water and mix to combine
chilled water - as required - 12
Cling wrap and rest for 30 minutes
- 13
Now heat oil in a nonstick pan
- 14
Add onions and saute till soft
onion - finely chopped(1) - 15
Add paneer and cheese
paneer (homemade cottage cheese) - crumbled(1 cup)cheese(1/2 cup) - 16
Add salt, pepper and let it cool
salt - as requiredsalt and pepper - for taste - 17
The next step is to assemble the puffs
- 18
Preheat the oven at 200°C for 10 minutes
- 19
Take half the dough out of fridge and keep the rest back
- 20
Roll out on a flat surface
- 21
Cut circles with a cookie cutter
- 22
Spoon 1 tablespoon filling on one side
- 23
Flap over the other side onto the filling and press gently to seal
- 24
Place on the baking tray
- 25
Now with a fork gently make impression on the edges of the pastry
- 26
Brush with milk generously and sprinkle with sesame seeds
milk - for brushingsesame seeds (til seeds) - for topping - 27
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until top starts to brown
- 28
Serve Paneer Cheese Puffs along with Dhaniya Pudina Chutney and Tomato Garlic Chutney during tea time or as an appetiser for your house parties
paneer (homemade cottage cheese) - crumbled(1 cup)cheese(1/2 cup)
About this recipe
A vegetarian Fusion recipe with -1/ all purpose flour (maida), butter - cold, salt - as required. Ready in 1h, serves 4.
Nutrition Facts
Per serving (4 servings)
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