Veg Strips - KFC Style

Ingredients:

Onion - 1 (fine chop)
Corn  - 1/4 cup
Green peas - 1/4 cup
Carrot - 1 (small. fine chop)
Potato - 3 (medium size)
Paneer - 30 g
Kashmiri Chilly powder - 3/4 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Cumin powder - 3/4 tsp
Garlic powder - 2 tsp
Sugar - a pinch
Bread crumbs - 1/4 cup
Maida - 1/2 cup
Corn flour - 1/2 cup
Bread crumbs - 1 cup
Corn flakes - 1 cup (crushed)
Oil, Salt, Water - As reqd

Method:

• Boil water in a pan and add peas and corn.
• Cook this for 3-4 mins and strain and set aside.
• Boil potatoes and mash and set aside.
• Heat oil in pan and add onion and saute for a while.
• Add in carrot, corn and peas and saute for a while.
• Add in salt, spice powders and sugar and mix well.
• Cook in medium flame for 3-4 mins.
• Add in grated paneer and mix well.
• Now add mashed potatoes and mix well.
• Turn off range.
• Add in 1/4 cup of bread crumbs and mix well.
• Let this cool for few mins.
• Now transfer this to a greased butter paper or just to a cling wrap.
• Spread it and make a rectangle shape and cling wrap or cover with butter paper.
• Refer picture for the same.
• Freeze this for an hour to get firm strips.
• After the desired time.
• Divide it into half and make strips.
• In a bowl add corn flour and maida and mix well.
• Add water to this and make a thin batter.
• In a plate add bread crumbs and corn flakes and mix well.
• Dip each strip in batter and then roll in crumbs.
• Set this aside.
• If batter is thick, add water and make it a thin batter.
• Again dip the strips in batter and roll it in crumbs.
• We are doing the dip and roll step twice.
• Heat oil in pan and fry these.
• Serve with sauce.
• Yields 20-24 strips.