Description
Crispy Pocket Paneer Recipe Air Fryer is an appetizer/snack I have for you today is a sure-fire kid-pleaser, a definite crowd pleaser … I bet you cannot stop eating them ONE! It’s true, they are addictive like that, these “Paneer Pockets / Paneer Squares/ Paneer Parcels”.
Ingredients
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- 200 gms – Cottage cheese/Paneer (diced)
- 1/2 cup – Onion (chopped)
- 1/2 cup – Green bell pepper (chopped)
- 1/2 cup – Carrot (diced)
- 10 – Pastry sheets(Store-bought)
- 1 tbsp – Soya sauce
- 3 tbsp – Green chilly chopped
- 1 tsp – Ginger powder
- 1 tbsp – Pizza sauce
- 1 tbsp – Veg mayonnaise
- 1 tsp – Mixed herbs
- 1 tsp – Black pepper powder
- 1/2 cup – Slurry(3 tbsp all-purpose flour + 8 tbsp water)
- Salt to taste
- Oil for air frying or shallow frying
Instructions
- Take 4 tbsp all-purpose flour and little water. Whisk it nicely. The binding slurry is ready. Keep it aside.
- On medium heat in a frying pan add 2 tbsp of oil.
- Add 1/2 cup onion chopped. Then saute for 1 minute.
- Now add 1/2 cup of carrots and 1/2 cup of green bell peppers.
- Mix everything and then cook for 3 minutes on medium-high heat.
- Now add the green chilies and saute for 30 seconds.
- Now add paneer or cottage cheese.
- Mix everything nicely.
- Add salt to taste and mix well. Now add all the spices and herbs like ginger powder, mixed herbs, and black pepper powder.
- Give it a nice mix.
- Now add eggless mayonnaise, 1 tbsp of pizza sauce, and soya sauce. Mix well.
- Paneer stuffing is ready. Turn off the flame and take it out in a bowl. Keep it aside.
- Take two readymade pastry sheets and keep them as shown below.
- Now apply slurry(all-purpose flour+water) on all the pastry sheet edges.
- Add ketchup or pizza sauce to the middle of the sheet and spread in middle.
- Add the paneer stuffing mixture in the middle.
- Now seal the first side of the pastry sheet edges nicely by pressing slightly.
- Now press the second side of the pastry slightly.
- Now press the third side like this.
- Now press the fourth side of the pastry and press slightly.
- Make all the paneer parcels like this.
- For Air Frying: Place a parchment paper in the air fryer basket. Grease a little oil on the parchment paper.
- Now place 2 paneer parcels in the basket and grease or spray some oil on top. Air fry them at 380 degrees F for 10 minutes. Check-in between if golden on top then flip the parcel and brush some oil if required and the air fry again at 380 degrees F for 5 minutes.
- Take out once done and ready for serving.
- For shallow frying method: Heat little oil and once hot add 2 paneer parcels and fry for 5 minutes on medium heat. Don’t fry on high heat otherwise, it will get burned. Flip once the bottom side is done.
- Flip once crisp and golden on the bottom side. Fry for another 3 minutes till crisp and golden. Fry all the parcels like this.
- Take out the paneer parcels once done.
- Serve hot while they are crisp with ketchup or dip of your choice.
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[equipments]Notes
- You may need to adjust the time accordingly for each air fryer. Then you can increase the time if they aren’t crispy or warm through after 8 + 8 minutes.
- Crispy Pocket Paneer should be cooked in one layer to ensure even cooking.
- If you layer, you’ll end up with soggy paneer parcels.
- Several factors may contribute to you paneer parcel not cooking through, such as– Overcrowding in the air fryer and the paneer pockets not being in one layer.
- Not turning the paneer pockets halfway (after 8 minutes).– Not setting the time according to your air fryer.
- Large parcels might take longer to cook than mini parcels.
- Take that into account as well.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack
- Method: Air-fry
- Cuisine: Americal, chinese, continental
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 10 pieces
- Calories: 250Kcal
- Sugar: 6g
- Sodium: 412mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 6g
- Protein: 10g