Rice Pakoras on Skewers

This was one of the Potluck recipe i just made. Thought of something innovative and came up with having Paneer and Pakodas or skewers.

It looks so colourful and drooling

Ingredients :

For Pakodas : 

• Cooked rice 2 cups 
• 1/2 cup besan (gram flour) 
• 3 tbsp of yogurt ( sour curd) 
• 1 tbsp of red chili powder 
• 1/2 tbsp of coriander cumin powder 
• 1 tsp of turmeric powder 
• 1/2 lemon to squeeze 
• 1/2 cup of semolinna (rava)
• 2-3 green chilis 
• salt to taste 
• 1 tsp of sugar (optional) 
• Oil to deep fry pakodas 
• some ginger paste (optional) 

For Paneer Tikka :

• 1 tbsp of besan or corn flour or corn starch 
• 10 to 12 cube chunk of paneer or 200 gms paneer 
• to marinate (curd, garam masala, coriander cumin powder, red chili powde) and some orange color (optional) 
• salt 
• Oil to Pan fry 

For Decoration :

Coloured Bell Peppers (Capsicum - All Colours) or any 2 colours 

How to prepare Pakodas :

• In a mixing bowl add rice, curd, besan , rava, all masalas, salt, sugar, lemon to squeeze green chilis and mix everything nicely. Please make sure you dont add much curd otherwise it may start getting loose. 
• Heat oil and deep fry the pakodas and keep them 
• aside 

How to prepare Paneer Tikka for Skewer : 

• In a mixing bowl add curd,curd, salt, garam masala, coriander cumin powder, red chili powder and some orange color (optional) and keep them aside to marinate for atleast 1 hour or put them overnight in the refiregerator 
• Coat them with besan or Corn Starch or Corn Flour by adding 1 tbsp water into it and pan fry them. 
• Cut the bell peppers or capsicum into square pieces... You may choose to leave them without frying and use them as salad on skewer. 

Skewer Stick Preparation : 

• Soak the stick in water for 20 minutes and then dry it. 
• Add two different colour piece of bell pepper 
• Add Paneer Tikka
• Add Pakodas 

You may arrange it as per your way and serve them with chutneys , ketchups or have it just as it is. 

You may add more veggies like potatoes, cucumber, zuccini of your choice and make it more colourful and tasty.. 

note : these are not grilled but fried

Enjoy !