Cheesy Chicken Balls

Today, on Kinkrant, we planned on chicken for dinner.  My family challenged me to make something I had never made at home before.  We had recently eaten cheesy potato balls in Dominos and I decided to make something similar.  The Chicken Cheesy balls turned out to be a superhit with my family!  Sharing the same here.

Time

Prep time 15-20 minutes.  Cook time 10-15 minutes.  Eating time 2 seconds (they just disappear as they come out of the pan!)

Ingredients

Boneless chicken 250 g

Green Chillies  1-2

Ginger 1" piece

Garlic 6 cloves (peeled)

Oregano/mixed herbs 1/2 tsp (optional)

Shredded Mozzarella cheese 200 g (I used Amul pre-shredded cheese)

Bread crumbs 1 cup

Maida/all-purpose flour 1/2 cup

Oil for deep frying

Salt to taste

Procedure

Make a paste of ginger, garlic, and green chili in a mixer/grinder (do not add water).  Mince the boneless chicken in the mixer grinder (will get a dough-like consistency).  To the minced chicken, add salt, mixed herbs, ginger/garlic/chili paste and knead well till uniformly mixed.  Take a small ball of the mincemeat mixture and flatten it on your palm.  Place a generous amount of cheese on it and wrap it up in the chicken and roll slightly to get a uniformly shaped roll.  Make all rolls and set aside.  In a bowl make a paste of the all-purpose flour with water.  Heat oil in a pan.  Dip each ball in the flour paste, roll it in bread crumbs and deep fry till golden brown.  Serve piping hot with tomato ketchup or green chutney dip.

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Tips:

• If you like it spicy, you can add some pepper powder to the minced meat.
• Grease your palms with a little oil while making the balls.
• The all-purpose flour paste should not be too thick in consistency, should only have a thin coat of the same on the balls.