Cheese stuffed bread pakora recipe With step by step photos – bread pakodas is another interesting snack that goes well in the rains. Its my hubby’s favorite snack and my folks love it. Though, popularly White bread is used for making bread pakoras, however Brown bread or Whole wheat bread can also be used and is more healthy.
In Mumbai, the bread pakora is made from pav which is stuffed with a potato filling, coated with gram flour batter (besan batter) and deep fried. It is served with green chutney and dry red chutney made from onion, garlic and red chillies.
I have already shared the recipes of Break pakora, Plain bread pakoda And Bread roll.
One can experiment with the filling inside the bread. you can use a filling of paneer – cottage cheese, potato, grated cheese, peas or combination of your favorite veggies.
Here I have used grated cheese as a stuffing for the bread. You can also use the bread as it is without any filling. You can also have the combination of potatoes and cheese as the stuffing. In this case, you could also use cheese slices instead of grated cheese. You could also add some chopped green chilies and coriander leaves to the cheese to spice it up more.
Few tips for cheesy bread pakoda
- Adding a few drops of oil to the batter ensures that the bread does not absorb more oil for frying. It also makes the pakoras crisp.
- The oil should not be too hot nor too cold while frying. If it is not enough hot, the pakoras will absorb more oil than required. If very hot, then the pakoras will get burnt or cooked on the outside but not inside.
- After frying drain the bread pakoras on paper tissue to remove excess oil.
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cheese stuffed bread pakoda
Ingredients
- 6 to 8 slices of white bread or brown bread or whole wheat bread
- 1 cup grated cheese or 6 to 7 cheese slices you can use sliced cheese
- 1.25 cups gram flour (besan)
- ¼ teaspoon ginger-garlic paste (optional)
- 1 to 2 green chilies chopped finely
- ½ teaspoon ajwain (carom seeds)
- 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1 pinch of baking soda
- ½ teaspoon garam masala powder
- salt as required
- water for mixing the batter, ad required
- oil for deep frying
Instructions
making cheesy bread pakoda batter
- First of all make a batter of besan, the spice powders, baking soda, ajwain, salt with water.
- Stir all the dry ingredients and mix well.
- Add water as required.
- Make a batter of besan, the spice powders, ajwain, salt with water. It should not be too thick nor too thin.
- Add a few drops of oil to it. You can add ginger garlic paste to the batter. I have not used it.
adding cheese stuffing
- Grate a cup of cheese. Add 1 to 2 finely chopped green chilies to the grated cheese. Mix well.
- Now cut the bread slices into two rectangles or triangles.
- Now we will make the cheese sandwich for the bread pakoras. Spread grated cheese on the bread slice.
- Cover this slice of bread with another bread slice.
- Ensure that the cheese is well covered in both the breads.
- You could also as an option, add some mixed herbs or chilli flakes or pepper powder on the cheese. I just used plain cheese without any addition of herbs or spices. Repeat the same with the rest of bread slices.
- Now take the cheese stuffed bread and coat it completely in the chickpea flour batter.
- The batter has to coat all the sides of the cheese stuffed sandwich. If not then the cheese will melt while frying and come in the oil.
making cheesy bread pakoda
- Deep fry the cheesy bread pakodas in hot oil.
- I have shallow fried but you can also deep fry the pakoras.
- Once crisp and golden on top, flip the pakoda and fry till golden.
- Drain pakoras in tissue paper to remove excess oil.
- Serve cheesy bread pakodas hot with green chutney or tomato sauce.
- The fun is in eating the pakoras hot as you feel on your palate, the melted cheese with the outer crispy layer. The pakoras are crisp from outside but soft from within.
How to make cheese stuffed bread pakoda
1. In a bowl take 1.25 cups besan (gram flour), 1 pinch of baking soda, ½ teaspoon ajwain (carom seeds), 1 teaspoon red chili powder, ½ teaspoon garam masala powder and salt as required.
2. Mix all the dry ingredients well.
3. Add water as required.
4. Make a batter of besan, the spice powders, ajwain, salt with water. it should not be too thick nor too thin. Add a few drops of oil to it. You can add ginger garlic paste to the batter. I have not used it.
5. Grate 1 cup of tightly packed cheese or 6 to 7 cheese slices.
6. Add 1 to 2 finely chopped green chilies to the grated cheese.
7. Mix well.
8. Now cut the 6 to 8 bread slices into two triangles. You can use whole wheat bread or brown bread or white bread or whole wheat sandwich bread.
9. Now we will make the cheese sandwich for the bread pakoras. Spread grated cheese on the bread slice.
10. Cover this slice of bread with another bread slice.
11. Ensure that the cheese is well covered in both the breads.
12. You could also as an option add some mixed herbs or chilli flakes or pepper powder on the cheese. I just used plain cheese without any addition of herbs or spices. repeat the same with the rest of bread slices.
13. Now take the cheese stuffed bread and coat it completely in the batter.
14. The batter has to coat all the sides of the cheese stuffed sandwich. If not then cheese will melt while frying and come in the oil.
15. Deep fry the cheese bread pakodas in hot oil. I have shallow fried but you can also deep fry the pakoras.
16. Once crisp and golden on top, flip the pakora and fry till golden.
17. Place them in tissue paper to drain excess oil.
18. Serve Cheese bread pakodas hot with green chutney or tomato sauce. The fun is in eating the pakoras hot as you feel on your palate, the melted cheese with the outer crispy layer. The pakoras are crisp from outside but soft from within.
Thank you so much for this recipe.
I tried it.I skipped baking soda.It was yummy. Snacks such as these are great for the rainy season.Please do share the recipe of Maharashtrian Dry Red Chutney.
Welcome Beena. Nice to know this. I will try to post this chutney recipe soon.