Recipe: Cheesy Corn Balls

Ever wondered what new to prepare when you have guest visiting your place? We all do have a backup of poha, upma and samosa to be served with tea, but why to serve the same boring thing that has been served since ages? Someone needs to break the monotony; moreover don’t you wish that the guest should give you back a contented smile?

Cheesy Corn Balls is the best substitute for your regular snacks, it is tasty, cheesy and easy to make.

Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cooking Time: 25 mins

Course: Snacks/Appetizer
Author: Shruti Mendulkar

Ingredients:

5-6 boiled potatoes
1 cup of boiled sweet corn
10-12 (1 inch ) sliced cubes of mozzarella cheese
7 tbsp of corn flour
1 bowl of bread crumbs
2 tbsp ginger garlic chilli paste
1 tbsp jeera powder
1 tbsp red chilli powder
¼ th tsp turmeric powder
finely chopped coriander
1 tbsp salt
Oil for deep frying

Method:

In a large bowl add mashed potatoes, sweet corn, ginger garlic chilli paste, jeera powder, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, chopped coriander, 2 tbsp of bread crumbs, 1 tbsp of corn flour and salt. Mix these ingredients well and shape them into small dumplings. Gently insert cheese cubes in to the corn-potato dumplings; meanwhile, heat oil in a large open pan.

 In a bowl make a paste of 5 tbsp of corn flour and 11 tbsp water (the consistency of the paste shouldn’t be too thick).  Roll these dumplings into the paste and then into the bread crumbs. Once the crumbs are nicely and firmly coated, drop them into the hot oil. Deep fry till it turns golden brown.  Serve with tomato ketchup or green chutney.

Adding cheese is optional. It tastes good even without cheese.

Adding cheese is optional. It tastes good even without cheese.red

Savour it!