Cheese fritters (Indian)

These spicy Indian cheese bhajis make a great starter, Tapa or snack.

They are based on 'Cheese ke Bhajiya' taken from Mr Pushpash Pent's wonderful "India": ISBN 978-0714859026.

Ingredients

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• Vegetable oil for frying
• 3.5 tablespoons self-raising flour, sieved from a height over a bowl to aerate.
• 85g (3.5 oz) of cheddar or similar strong cheese.
• 2 free range eggs
• 1 teaspoon of garam masala
• 1 teaspoon chili flakes
• 6 tablespoon milk
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• Rapeseed oil for frying
• Freshly ground black pepper
• sea salt

to serve

• Tomato ketchup

Method

1. Add the eggs, milk, cheese and flour to a bowl and mix well until you have a smooth batter.
2. Sprinkle in the baking powder, give a final mix and then leave in a cool place for 30 minutes for the baking powder to act. Don't leave it any longer or the leavening effect of the baking powder will be lost.
3. Add enough vegetable oil to a wok or frying pan to shallow fry
4. Making 5 fritters at a time, add a tablespoon of batter to the pan for each fritter and cook until golden brown.
5. Flip them and repeat for the other side.
6. Remove and drain on paper towels

Serving suggestions

• Serve hot with tomato ketchup.

Recipe source

• Based on 'Cheese ke Bhajiya' taken from Mr Pushpesh Pant's wonderful "India": ISBN 978-0714859026.

See also

Fritter recipes

We have a number of different fritter recipes on Cookipedia:

• Aubergine fritters - Indian fritters. Brinjal fritters
• Spam fritters
• Sesame prawn fritters - fritters with an Asian touch.
• Cheese fritters - Indian cheese fritters
• Ox-brain fritters - they'll make a change from Spam!
• Cauliflower and turmeric fritters - a nice vegetarian alternative
• Crispy Capricorn potato fritters with bacon - a nice breakfast idea
• Akkra - West African bean fritters

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