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Spinach Cheese Fingers

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Spinach Cheese Fingers

A crispy delightful iron rich snack perfect as starters or as a tea time snack. A perfect way to make kids eat the veggies. You could replace the stuffing with any veggies of your choice and I am sure kids will love it. Plus I tried making this a no Onion - garlic  recipe :)

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Prep
20 min
Cook
20 min
Serves
10-15 rolls
Total
40 min

Ingredients

  • For the Spinach Stuffing
  • 1 bunch ( 200 gms approx)Spinach (Palak)
  • 1/2 cup gratedCottage Cheese(Paneer)
  • 2 tspGinger- Green chilli paste
  • 1 tspKashmiri Red chilli powder
  • 1 /2 tspCoriander Powder ( Dhania)
  • 1/4 tspCumin Powder
  • 1/4 tspRaw Mango Powder
  • 1/4 tspChat Masala
  • 2-3 pinchesBlack Pepper powder ( kali Mirch)
  • 2 tspGram Flour (Besan)
  • as per tasteSalt
  • 2 tspButter
  • Covering( Potato and cheese
  • 3 ( medium sized)Potato
  • 1/2 cup gratedProcessed cheese (cheddar)
  • 2 tspCorn flour
  • as per tasteSalt
  • For the coating
  • 4-5 tsp dissolved in water making a paste not too thick or runnyAll purpose flour (maida)
  • as requiredBread Crumbs
  • as per tastesalt
  • for deep fryingOil

Method

  1. Step 1

    Heat 3-4 cups of water and blanch the spinach for a min or two.

  2. Step 2

    Transfer it into cold water.

  3. Step 3

    chop it finely and keep aside.

    Spinach Cheese Fingers preparation
  4. Step 4

    Dry roast gram flour and keep aside.

    Spinach Cheese Fingers preparation
  5. Step 5

    Keep all the basic ingredients ready.

    Spinach Cheese Fingers preparation
  6. Step 6

    For the spinach Stuffing

  7. Step 7

    In a pan heat butter, and add the ginger green chilli paste and saute.

  8. Step 8

    Add the blanched spinach and mix well and add the spices except the amchur and chat masala and mix well.

  9. Step 9

    Cover for 2-3 mins.

  10. Step 10

    Add the crumbled paneer and mix.

  11. Step 11

    Add the salt, chat masala and amchur powder and saute until the water dries out completly if any.

  12. Step 12

    Then add the gram flour and mix.

  13. Step 13

    The stuffing is ready. Let it cool.

    Spinach Cheese Fingers preparation
  14. Step 14

    For the potato coating

  15. Step 15

    Mix salt and cheese in the boiled potato and mix.

  16. Step 16

    Add the corn flour and mix.

  17. Step 17

    Make a dough and keep aside.

    Spinach Cheese Fingers preparation
  18. Step 18

    To make the rolls/ Fingers

  19. Step 19

    Now as shown make a flat round with the potato mixture on the palm and place the spinach stuffing.

  20. Step 20

    Shape them into cylindrical / finger  shapes .

  21. Step 21

    Keep all of them ready.

  22. Step 22

    Heat oil for deep frying.

  23. Step 23

    Keep the bread crumbs and  Maida ( AFP) ready ( dissolve 5-6 tsp of maida with ice cold water making a batter that isn't too thick or too runny but just right to coat the fingers )and  add salt to it.

  24. Step 24

    Now drop the fingers in the batter and coat them well.

  25. Step 25

    Roll them in bread crumbs and keep aside,

  26. Step 26

    Keep all of them ready to fry.

  27. Step 27

    Deep fry them on medium to high heat until golden brown.

    Spinach Cheese Fingers preparation
  28. Step 28

    Serve them hot with tomato ketchup and coriander-mint chutney.

    Spinach Cheese Fingers preparation
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