Spinach Cheese Balls | palak cheese balls recipe
A great appetizer recipe to serve for your Dinner Party – Spinach Cheese Balls. This recipe requires a bit of pre-preparation. But once you are done with that, rest of the process is pretty quick.
Pre-preparation involves steaming potatoes, making palak puree and cutting cheese into cubes. This dish not only tastes great but its green colour will surely attract everyone’s attention.
Some tips & variations for making Spinach Cheese Balls :
- Do not add water while blending spinach. If you require, just add a little water.
- You can add more bread crumbs if your dough is sticky.
- We have used amul processed cheese cubes and cut each cube into 4 pieces. You can even use mozzarella or any other cheese.
- When you make balls, make sure there are no cracks in them. Otherwise they may break and cheese may burst out while frying.
- We have prepared 12 balls. If you want you can reduce the size and serve each ball with a toothpick inserted on it.
If you are looking for more recipes using cheese, do have a look at –
Cheese Corn Sandwich
Crispy Baked Cheese Sticks
If you are looking for more Soups & Appetizers recipes, do have a look at these –
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Crispy Corn Recipe
Spinach Cheese Balls
Kurkuri Bhindi
Savoury Zucchini Waffles
Spinach Cheese Balls | palak cheese balls recipe
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Ingredients (1 cup = 240 ml)
- 200 grams spinach (palak leaves)
- 2 medium sized potatoes boiled, peeled and mashed
- 1 cup fresh bread crumbs
- ½ teaspoon dried mango powder / amchur
- ¼ teaspoon chaat masala
- ½ teaspoon garam masala
- ½ teaspoon jeera/cumin seeds powder
- ½ teaspoon dhaniya/coriander powder
- salt to taste
- 3 amul processed cheese cubes cut into 4 pieces each (you can use any other cheese/brand)
Instructions
Blanching spinach leaves and making puree
- Soak Palak leaves in a bowl containing water and pinch of salt for about 5 minutes.
- Remove the stems from the leaves. Roughly chop the leaves.
- Add water in a wide pan and bring to a boil. Then add spinach leaves and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Immediately remove and soak the leaves in a bowl of ice cold water for 1 minute. Drain all the excess water.
- In a mixer/blender jar, add blanched palak leaves and blend till you get a smooth puree. Do not add water while blending. If you require, just add a little water. Keep the spinach puree aside.
Preparing spinach cheese balls
- In a wide bowl, combine mashed potatoes, spinach puree, bread crumbs, salt, dhaniya+jeera powder, amchur powder, chaat masala and garam masala. Mix well and form a dough-like ball.
- Pinch a small portion from the dough and flatten it with fingers.
- Place cheese piece and seal the edges together and make a ball without any cracks.
- Deep fry on a medium flame till they turn crisp and light golden in colour.
- Serve these balls with tomato ketchup or chilli sauce. Enjoy.
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