Corn Cheese Balls
Corn cheese balls are deep fried fritters prepared with corn, potato and cheese. Corn cheese balls are amazing party snack recipe which just melts down in your mouth. Basically a Greek cuisine recipe, but heavily adopted by Indian cuisine. Lets have a look at the recipe.
Ingredients
For Cheese Balls:
- 1 cup grated cheese, mozzarella / cheddar
- ¼ cup sweet corn, fresh / frozen
- 1-2 potato, boiled and pealed
- 1 tsp corn flour
- ½ tsp chaat masala
- ½ tsp pepper, crushed
- salt to taste
Other Ingredients
- ½ cup corn flour
- 3 tbsp maida / all-purpose flour / plain flour
- 1 cup bread crumbs
- oil for deep frying
How to prepare Corn Cheese Balls
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firstly, in a large mixing bowl, take sweet corn. you can also use boiled sweet corn.
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furthermore, add shredded cheese.
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also add 1½ – 2 boiled potatoes.
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then add corn flour. this helps to bind together and remove extra moisture.
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furthermore add chaat masala, crushed pepper and salt.
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now mash the potatoes well and combine with cheese.
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mix well together to form a dough. if its watery, then add a tsp more corn flour.
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furthemore, grease your hands with oil and prepare small balls.
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roll it into corn flour to remove extra moisture.
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then further dip it into maida paste. to prepare maida paste mix 3 tbsp of maida in ¼ cup of water.
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after that, roll it on bread crumbs. i have used panko bread crumbs for crispy outer layer.
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further, freeze all the balls in freezer for about 30 minutes. this helps to prevent cheese from oozing out while deep frying.
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after 30 minutes, deep fry the corn cheese balls on medium flame.
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stir occasionally for even browning.
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fry the cheese balls till they turn golden brown.
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furthermore, once they turn golden brown, drain the balls on to kitchen towel to remove excess oil.
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finally, serve cheese balls immediately with masala chai.
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