Sabudana Paneer Bomb

Sabudana Paneer bomb (साबूदाना पनीर बम) is a crispy, tasty and unique recipe that is prepared with sabudana and potato mixture and filled with spicy crumbled paneer. This is a deep fried snack and appetizer recipe. This is a no onion no garlic recipe and a different variation of sabudana vada.

Sabudana Paneer bombs are crispy from outside and soft from inside. To make this recipe soaked sabudana, boiled potatoes and spices are mashed. This mixture is flavoured with peanuts, green chilli, black pepper powder and cumin. To make filling, crumble paneer and add spices like garam masala, coriander powder, red chilli powder and amchoor powder. Then sabudana mixture is filled with this spicy paneer filling. Make balls and deep fry them. Sabudana khichdi, sabudana vada and sabudana kheer are some of the most popular recipes that is loved by everyone.

Sabudana paneer bomb can be paired with green chutney, coconut chutney or curd. It can be a part of breakfast, brunch and evening snacks. You can prepare this for your guests and impress them. So now let’s start the process of these bombs.

Try other sabudana recipes:
Sabudana Vada
Sabudana Khichdi



Cuisine:  Indian
Course:   Snacks
Prep. Time:   2 hours
Cooking Time:   20 minutes
Serving: 2

Ingredients:

For Sabudana Mixture:

1 cup sabudana
2 medium size potatoes, boiled
2 green chilli, finely chopped
2 tbsp. peanuts, crushed
½ tsp. jeera (cumin)
¼ tsp. red chilli powder
Salt to taste
½ tsp. black pepper powder

For Filling:

100 gm. Paneer
Salt to taste
¼ tsp. garam masala
¼ tsp. amchoor powder
¼ tsp. coriander powder
¼ tsp. red chilli powder
Oil for frying

Instructions:

Place sabudana in a colander. Rinse it under running water until water turns clear. This is important to get rid of all the starch. Take sabudana in a large bowl and soak in 1 cup water for 2 hours.

To check if sabudana is soaked well, pick up a sabudana pearl and press in between your thumb and finger. It should easily pressed and smashed up.

In a mixing bowl take soaked sabudana. Add all the ingredients mashed potato, salt, green chilli, pepper powder, cumin, peanut and red chilli powder.

Knead and mash to mix everything.

Making of Filling-

Crumble paneer in a plate. Add salt, coriander powder, garam masala, amchoor powder and red chilli powder. Mix everything nicely.

Take some mixture flat with your hand and put some paneer filling in the centre and close the edges.

 Give a ball shape. Make balls from the remaining mixture in same manner.

Making of Sabudana Paneer Bomb-

Now heat oil in a kadhai or pan. Once oil become hot, drop the balls in oil. Turn the flame low to medium. Continuously stir and fry them.

Fry bombs till golden brown from every side. Drain them and put on an absorbent paper.
Serve with coconut chutney.

Tips:

• For soaking sabudana, add water at the level of top sabudana pearl (approximately 1 cup water). If water is more it will become soggy or water is less it will be tight from inside.
• You may add sugar to give some sweetness.
• Serve them hot as it cools, it starts to become soft and loses their crispiness.
• You may add lemon juice and coriander leaves.