CORN CHEESE BALLS RECIPE |CRUNCHY CORN CHEESE PANEER BALLS

I had first eaten this recipe in a restaurant named "Time & again" in lokhandwala andheri. The occasion was my husbands birthday. Till date the taste lingers on my tongue. my hubby had told me to search for this recipe but till date i had conveniently ignored

.Last month I viewed this in an episode of sugran : a marathi cookery show.First thing i noted the recipe in my diary & then next day I ORDERED hubby to get american corns from his office .I had the remaining ingredients at home ....

   Finally I tried this recipe during week days & completely surprised him as tis turned out to be much better than restaurant & that too at a cheap price ....

Ingredients:

2 cups full boiled corn
2 cups Paneer
6 to 7 cubes of cheese
4 tbspn. Corn flour (optional)
½ cup Maida

1-2 tspn red chilli flakes

1 tsp ginger garlic paste
5 to 6 green chillies
2 to 3 tbspn. Finely chopped coriander
1 tbspn. Fresh lemon juice

1/4 tsp pepper powder

1/4 tspn mixed herbs (optional)
1 tspn. Sugar
Salt to taste
½ cup milk
Bread crumbs
Oil to deep fry

Method:

1. Grind the boiled corn till coarse, be careful not to make a paste of it. Smash the Paneer evenly. grate cheese .
2. Grind   green chillies ginger & garlic together to make a coarse paste.(dont add much water).
3. Mix ground corn, paneer, cheese, coriander and green chillies,ginger garlic paste, maida, corn flour, chilii flakes, peper powder,mixed herbs,sugar, lemon juice and salt together. Blend it together very well.
4. Now make lemon size balls from it and refridgerate for 10 mins. Remove from fridge, take cold milk and dip the balls in the milk and then in bread crumbs so that the bread crumbs are evenly spread around the ball, repeat the process with all the balls. Refridgerate for 10 more mins.
5. Heat oil in a pan on high flame, after it becomes piping hot, reduce flame to medium and fry the balls till golden brown. Please be careful not to fry the balls immediately after removing them from fridge, keep them outside for 2 to 3 minutes. And also, dont fry them on high flame or when the oil is too hot, otherwise the balls turn dark brown from outside but remain cold from inside.
6. Your delicious cheese corn balls are ready to be served. Savour with Tomato Ketchup or pudina chutney or cheese dip.

Tips/Variation

1.  Pls note u can even add individually or a combination of 1 cup of chopped palak,chopped capsicum,chopped onion (this is specially for kids ) to corn cheese ball mixture.
2. Substitute bread crumbs by finely crushed cornflakes for coating balls .they turn to be more crispy .or u can use 1:1 ratio of crumbs & crushed cornflakes for coating