Paneer Lollypop or Drumstick Recipe

Paneer Lollypop

Paneer Lollypop is a vegetarian version of chicken drumstick and looks very much like it. It is starter or snack dish served with ketchup

Ingredients:

• About 200 gms grated Paneer (cottage cheese)
• 1 inch ginger, peeled and grated
• 3-4 cloves of garlic, minced
• 2-3 green chillies, thinly sliced (or as per taste)
• 2 large potatoes boiled
• 1 medium  onion, chopped or grated
• salt to taste
• 13-16 pieces of baby corn
• 2-1/2 tbsp  cornflour
• about 1/4 cup of all purpose flour (maida)
• few springs of cilantro/coriander leaves, chopped

Preparation:

1. Steam the potatoes with the skin.
2. Once steamed, mash it well and add it along with the rest of the ingredients except all purpose flour.
3. Make small round balls of the dough 
4. Now pierce the dough ball with the thicker end of the baby corn.
5. Shape them into drumsticks.
6. Place drumsticks in fridge for 1/2 hr ( this will help you while frying as dough will not break)
7. Heat cooking oil in frying pan
8. Fry each drumsticks one by one, make sure it is evenly browned on all sides.
9. Wipe with tissue paper to remove  extra oil
10. Serve with ketchup or chatni