POLPETTES

Difficulty Level: Medium.

Total Cooking Time: 90 minutes

Cuisine: Greek, Greece, European, Mediterranean.  

Ingredients:

boiled mashed potatoes - 400 gm

grated cottage cheese (paneer) - 100 gm

grated feta cheese - 2 tbsp

lemon juice - 1 tsp

spring onion (chopped with white and green portions) - 2 tbsp

fresh green soya leaves (chopped) - 1 tsp

beaten egg - 1

refined flour (maida) for coating and the polpettes - 1 cup

olive oil for frying - 4 tbsp

salt and pepper powder as per taste

Methods:

Place the mashed potatoes in a mixing bowl. Add paneer, cheese, spring onions, soya leaves, egg, lemon juice and salt and pepper taking care that the cheese will have salt and pepper powder and lemon juice. Mix thoroughly, put a cover and allow chilling in the fridge for 1 hour or more till firm. Then divide the dough into small portion and shape each portion into round balls and then flatten each ball slightly. Dredge or coat each one of them in flour (maida) and fry in a non-sticky pan in olive oil till golden brown on both sides.    

Polpettes are ready, serve hot.