Paneer (Indian Cottage Cheese) Puffs

These stuffed puffs can be eaten as a snack or full meal, it is quite filling. For this you would need 1 puff pastry sheet and following ingredients for filling

300 grams paneer

½ cup chopped onion

1 tablespoon chopped green chilies

½ teaspoon jeera powder

½ teaspoon black pepper powder

1/4^th cup chopped cilantro

Mix in all the ingredients required for filling in a bowl. If your store bought paneer is hard and not easy to mash then here is something that would be helpful. Put paneer in a bowl of water, paneer should be completely under water, microwave it for 2-3 minutes. This will loosen the paneer and easy to work with.

 Roll out your thawed pastry sheet and cut it into nine equal squares and divide the filling into nine equal parts as well. Take a piece of pastry sheet, put the filling on it and fold it to make a ball. Heat the oven to 400F and bake puffs for 15 minutes and then broil for two minutes. Keep an eye on the puff they burn very easily.

Serve them hot with sauce and tea :).

You can always adjust the spices in the filling according to your taste.