Creamy Veg Balls

Hellooo, it is very hot in bahrain now. The cooking part is tough these days because of the heat. But still tummy rumbles for some yummy snacks once a while. This happened on one such day. This appetizer/snack is made of white sauce and vegetables. You can include veggies of your choice/chicken/mushroom.  Serve hot :)

Ingredients

• Butter - 2 tsp (unsalted)
• Olive oil - 1 tsp
• Maida - 1 tbsp
• Milk - 1 cup
• Onion - 1 medium (chopped)
• Carrot - 1 medium (chopped) see Note
• Green peas - 1 handful (frozen)
• Pepper powder - 1 tsp (or as per your spice level)
• Salt to taste
• Egg white - 1 (OR) corn flour - 2 tsp 
• Bread crumbs - as required for coating

Method

• Cook the carrot and green peas adding little salt. (You can use veggies of your choice like mushroom, corn etc.)
• To make white sauce heat butter and olive oil in a kadai.
• Add maida and stir it for 10 seconds.
• Don't let it burn. Add milk and stir very quickly so that it doesn't form lumps. 
• Let it simmer and thicken.
• Add salt to taste and pepper powder. (Be careful to add salt as required as you're cooking vegetables with salt.)
• Switch off the flame. 
• Add chopped onion, cooked carrot and green peas. Mix well.  see Note
• If the mix seems loose, switch on the flame and thicken it so that u can take scoops of it. 
• Switch off the flame.
• Put bread crumbs in a plate. 
• Keep beaten egg white/loose cornflour paste (add 1/2 cup water to cornflour and make a paste) ready
• Take a scoop of the veg mix and put in crumbs. 
• Roll in bread crumbs. 
• Dip the roll in egg white/cornflour paste
• Again roll in bread crumbs
• Deep fry in oil. 

Note

If using chicken, cook it boneless with salt and pepper. Shred and mix in white sauce along with vegetables
If you want it more rich add grated cheese while mixing vegetables. 

You don't need any sauce to enjoy this  :)

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Now coming back to today's recipe. Kids will love this and won’t be able to stop munching. You can marinate the chicken and keep in fridge and fry it as required. It serves well as a party starter or evening snack or as a filling with mayonnaise, thinly sliced onion and capsicum to make chappathi rolls. Try as any and enjoy. 

Ingredients

1. Chicken breast - 500 gms (cut into small bite size pieces)
2. Ginger - 1 small piece
3. Garlic - 2 cloves
4. Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
5. Coriander powder - 1/2 tbsp
6. Chilli powder - 1/2 tbsp (Increase if you need it more spicy)
7. Black pepper powder - 1 tsp
8. Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
9. Rice flour - 2 tsp
10. Lemon Juice -1 tbsp
11. Salt to taste
12. Egg - 1 (optional)
13. Oil for frying

Method

• In a mixer add ingredients from 2 to 11 and grind well to a very smooth paste.
•  Mix the above marinade with beaten egg. (Avoid this if you don;t want to add egg).
•  Put the marinade on the chicken bite sizes and mix well. Keep in fridge for 3 hrs (or atleast 20 minutes).
•  Heat the oil in a thick bottomed vessel. Deep fry until golden brown. Maintain the heat at medium so chicken gets enough time to cook inside. It’ll be ready in 6-8 minutes.
• Serve with tomato sauce.

 There are chances that it’ll be over by the time you go to take the sauce. J