Description

These cheesy potato balls are easy to make and also kid’s friendly snack item that is made with potato, cheese, veggies, and a few aromatic spices mixture and cooked in an appam pan using a little bit of oil. These cheesy potato balls are crispy from the outside and cheesy from the inside. If you are a cheese lover like me, then you should try this recipe.

Scale

Ingredients

1 large size potato, boiled and mashed
½ cup carrot, grated
1 cup mozzarella cheese, grated or any kind of your choice
½ teaspoon red chilli flakes
½ teaspoon dried herbs
¾ teaspoon pepper powder
1 teaspoon garlic paste
2 tablespoons oil
Salt to taste

Instructions

How to make

Wash and boil the potato and peel off the skin.
In a large bowl, add boiled potato. Mash it nicely until smooth.
Next, add the grated carrots along with spices like pepper powder, chilli flakes, dried herbs, garlic paste, salt to taste, and a little bit of oil to knead the mixture.
Mix all the ingredients well and keep them aside.
Apply little oil to your palm.
Take a small portion of the potato mixture and shape it into a ball.
Gently flatten it to form a thin disc.
Then, take about 2 teaspoons of grated cheese and keep it in the center of the mashed potato disc.
Gently fold the edges and make small walnut size balls.
Repeat the same process with the remaining mixture.
Place the Appam pan on heat.
Check, if the pan is well heated by drizzling some water. Once the water sizzled, pour 3-4 drops of oil in each mold of the pan and place all the balls one by one.
Reduce the heat to medium.
Sprinkle few drops of oil over each ball.
Cook the potato balls at medium flame and fry until golden and crisp.
Flip them over and fry the other side too.
Make sure that both sides are crisp.
Transfer it onto a plate lined with absorbent paper.
Serve with tomato ketchup or coriander chutney and with tea or coffee.

Notes

Make sure, the potato is mashed well. You can use a potato masher to mash the potato until smooth.
Feel free to use flavorings as per your choice. Instead of dried herbs, you can use coriander, cilantro leaves or any greens.
If you like, you can also deep fry and bake them into the oven.
I have used an Appam pan to fry cheese balls with less oil.
You can pick cheddar, pizza cheese, or any other kind of stringy cheese to stuff inside the cheese balls.

Category: Appetizers & snack
Cuisine: Fusion

Keywords: No Fry Cheese Balls, How to make Potato Cheese Balls, Cheesy Potato Balls Recipe