Cheese Balls
Friday, 20th July 2007
This can be used as a starter especially if your guests are veggies. I made this cheese balls to make malai kofta, but since it was so good as it is, i didn’t get a chance to make malai kofta, but i have no regrets :). Next time if i could resist the temptation and pass to the next stage of malai kofta, you can see its result :)
- Paneer (cottage cheese) – 200 gms
- Potato – 1 medium – big (boiled & mashed)
- Crushed pepper – 1 tablespoon
Garam masala – 1/2 teaspoon
Cornflour – 1-2 tablespoon - Salt
- Oil – for frying
Mix all the ingredients (except oil) together. Take small amounts from it and make small balls. Deep fry in oil & serve hot with sauce of your choice.
If you tried this out, do let me know how it turned out.
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yummmmmmy yum yum…just feel like snatching it from my monitor!
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Thanks Roopa :)
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Those are such pretty looking cheese balls. That’s a nice pic.
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Thanks TBC… btw i visited your blog too, you too have beautiful pictures :)
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They do look great, can we add grated cheese along with the paneer.Do you think it will taste good?
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Thanks Sarika….
hhmmm i havent added grated cheese, may be you can do one thing. Add grated cheese to a small portion and try out. It should be good, after all cheese right ;)
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Hi Maria,
I am a recent visitor of your blog. :) and i find it very Glamorous.The colour combi and pictures look great.. I tried this cheese ball recipe last week,both me and my husband loved it. It does make a great starter hmmm.. but i feel that malai kofta might be even better (juicy koftas.. YUM!!) b’coz these cheese balls become oily while frying. Is there any way to avoid it?!! Oil or no oil we liked it anyway :)
Great Job, Thanks u!!
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Thanks pretty woman for visiting my blog and also for your encouraging words. To reduce the oil of cheese balls, may be you can shallow fry it, instead of deep frying.
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Hai,Maria I am a new visitor to this.I got the message from Jeena.Iappreciate your efforts.I promise that,will try your recipe and let u know.Will u please post a recipe for regular fruit cake or a plumm cake?.Thank you.
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hi maria,i tried u re cheese balls today….am not sure if i did anything wrong(though i dideverything exactly like u said) …but the balls kept breaking when i was frying it….eventually,it drank a lot of oil…also,it didnt come as golde brown as u’rslooked….but it tasted ok….can u tellmewhat to do?
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finally found a recipe for cheeseballs..since my toddler loves them and i hate her eating so many packets of them from the store..this recipe is a relief…
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Hi Maria,
Wonderful recipe.Did you grate the paneer or just crumbled it ?
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I tried these! I must say your photo was so tempting, thats why i had to try these little guys and they are great – like a party in your mouth when you pop them in. I added some red chilli flakes as well to give them a little zing. Great recipe! I hope you don’t mind if I add it to my blog.
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Maria
Reply: on June 12th, 2009 at 5:53 pmHi Zaara
Thanks for dropping in and visiting my blog. I liked your idea of adding red chilli flakes, I will def try that next time :) and yes you can add this to your blog, thanks for that :)
Cheers
Maria
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@chi – The cheese balls should be fried at a med -high flame, otherwise it tends to break, I think that’s what happened with you. That can also be the reason why it didnt become golden brown. Please do try frying it at medium-high flame next time. Hope it comes out well.
@ Raichu – I crumbled the paneer in this recipe.
@ Litty – Thanks for visiting the blog and I will try to post a fruit cake recipe sometime soon :)
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Hi maria, I just did a small post on making homemade paneer – check it out some time =)
http://splitpearsonality.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-tomake-indian-cheese-paneer.html
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Maria
Reply: on June 19th, 2009 at 5:19 pmZaara
I will check it sometime soon :)
Thanks
Maria
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Love Kofta! Thanks…I will try.
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Maria
Reply: on April 3rd, 2010 at 7:44 amHi Parasmani,
Please do try this. Hope you will like it too.
Cheers
Maria
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hi…..this is sameera….ur cheese balls look great…..im a recent visitor to this web site…..and i like all ur recipies…….please publish some recipies for toddlers as well….mine is a very fussy eater
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Maria
Reply: on April 3rd, 2010 at 7:48 amHi Sameera,
Thank you :)
I’ve posted some recipes which kids might like.
Pls check out the following links:
http://www.mariasmenu.com/chicken/chicken-sandwich
http://www.mariasmenu.com/snacks-starters/egg-sandwich
http://www.mariasmenu.com/vegetarian/vegetable-omelet-omelette
http://www.mariasmenu.com/beef/meat-cutlet
http://www.mariasmenu.com/chicken/stuffed-bun
Also if you check out in the various categories listed on the left hand side, you might find more recipes.
Hope this helps…
Cheers
Maria
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Hey these worked for me again.. Hey one thing to share for all my friends who complained about breaking of those balls while frying just add some extra potato and corn flour. Try frying a ball or two and repeat the same. Yes it wont take excess of potato and corn flour. Also dont try to roll the balls again and again once you start frying them. And hey Maria thanks a lot. It was easy simple and made me feel like lets try recipe.. :)
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Maria
Reply: on April 30th, 2010 at 3:21 pmHi Namrata,
Thanks a ton for trying this and also for sharing your tip with others too :)
Really glad that you liked it and thanks for trying the malai kofta too :)
Cheers
Maria
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Hie Maria,
am a recnt visitor to ur blog…and loved the recipe.Looks soooo mothwatering.Have also tried your Butter chicken and my hubby loveed it :)
Great going!
gai3
would want to try out ur kids menu too.
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Maria
Reply: on May 11th, 2010 at 7:07 amHi gai3,
Thanks for visiting and also for trying out the recipes :)
Hope to see you here more often..
Happy cooking :)
Cheers
Maria
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