Strawberries with Pink Cream-Cheese are so Sweet and filled with Love. These Pink Strawberries with Cream-Cheese are LOVE-at-first-Sight. Fall in LOVE! 

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 Paneer Pakoras are a blend of two textures: Crunchy and Soft. These Fritters are Crispy from the outside, but Creamy from the inside. Its amazing how this inherited snack is still so very POPULAR among us Today, surely its FAME will never END!

 Paneer Pakora also known as Cottage Cheese Fritters are best enjoyed as an evening snack or on a rainy-day. This snack has the ability to make thunderstorm, heavy rain, and hail enjoyable! I am Serious! In my family, I am the only one who runs down to the basement and hides under a blanket while thunderstorms; I even close my eyes (trying to avoid seeing the lighting). Until recently while I was eating these delicious Crispy, Crunchy, Soft Paneer Pakoras, I totally forgot about the lighting, and somehow the storm ended; leaving a beautiful RAINBOW! So whenever there’s a storm, I run to the kitchen and fry myself these HEAVENLY Paneer Pakoras.  Worries go DOWN when you eat Paneer Pakoras!  

Its Super fun, Quick and Easy. Reward your-self in just 2o mins; because you deserve to be pampered! Paneer Pakora is the snack for you!

Giving is Living! My Grandmother says, “when you have guests over, it is your attitude and food that will win hearts”. Be Kind and show Love! I believe that parties should have 4 course meals: Welcome Drinks, Appetizers, Main Course and Dessert. Moreover, Pakoras are the best appetizers; you could add in any vegetable of your desire and make them any size.

 These Paneer Pakoras are so fabulous and crowd pleasing, Try them, and you will fall in LOVE! The recipe for Paneer Pakora is below: its so Quick and Easy. You can enjoy these Paneer Pakoras with any sauce: from Ketchup to Green Coriander Chutney to Garlic Mayo to Tamarind Sauce. 

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 Pakora Party: Below is a table of all the delicious and yummy kinds of Pakoras out there in this world. They will all be posted on OMGies.com shortly: Till than: Step-out and BLEND-out, Be Unique and Be YOU! Love your-self, and Enjoy… “Hasta La Vista”.

With step pictures for Paneer Pakora:

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• 1 cup, urad dal without skin, washed, soaked for 4 hours

• Ginger – 2″ piece

• Green chilies – 2 to 3

• Onion chopped-1 small

• Salt to taste

• Oil for deep frying

• Yogurt – 2 cup

• Milk- 1/4 cup

• Water – 2 cups

• Sugar – 2 tbsps

• Red chilli powder – 1 tbsp

• Roasted cumin powder – 1 tsp

• Chaat masala powder -1 tbsp

• Sweet tamarind chutney – 3 tbsp

• Dried Mint- 2tbsp

 Method:

1. Grind the urad dalgreen chilies, ginger, onion and salt together to a fine paste. Add 1/4 cup water. Pure to a wide bowl.

2. Pre-heat oil in a deep frying pot, slowly drop batter according to suitable size into the hot oil . Deep fry on medium heat till golden brown.

3. Remove these deep fried bhala into a bowl of luke warm water for 5 minutes. Gently press the bhalas with your palms to remove extra excess water out, and place them into a serving dish.

4. Mix: yogurt, milk, red chilli powder, sugar, roasted cumin powder, chaat masala powder and pour the mixture evenly over the bhalas.

5. Sprinkle/Garnish your Dahi Bhalas with sweet tamarind chutney, chaat masala powder, dried mint, red chilli powder. Now

Tip: For unexpected guest- you can place the bhala’s that where fried into the freezer and when in quick need place them in hot water and follow the steps from 3 down.

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The best part about crispy and spicy potato vegetable samosa is that it is an all rounder recipe. Crispy Samosa’s are flexible in nature, from the fillings, species to the size and consistency. However, crispy samosa’s flexibility does not end here as these yummy and easy to prepare samosa’s does not come with any cultural constrains or limitations.

Whether you are from the east, west or north, south; Crispy Samosa is always the best. Samosa’s are known worldwide from the ingredients to the actual product are easily available at any grocery store. Living in North America, recognized supermarket stores like Basic Foods, No Frills, Wal-Mart, Costco also Punjabi, Pakistani, Indian and other desi stores which include desi restaurants and sweet shops would have frozen samosa’s available at their store. 

Did you know that Crispy yet spicy potato vegetable Samosa can be served as an appetizer, snack, lunch, dinner, supper or even breakfast? However the popularity of crispy potato vegetable samosa does not end here, it is also very much famous with hot liquids. Whether it is tea, coffee, green tea and also South Asians very much loved Chai time. There are various different types of chai, according to ones taste and preference. However the all time favorite and the most preferred chai with crispy potato vegetable samosa are bubble chai, ginger chai and masala chai.

Crispy potato vegetable samosa’s are enjoyed and preferred everywhere and anywhere at any time with no constrains or limitations. Also the most important point, for those who are diet conscious and prefer #healthyliving, along with samosa’s being eaten fried, which is seen as a traditional way of preparing crispy vegetable samosa. However, crispy and spicy potato vegetable samosa can also be baked which may be more convenient and healthful for western diners.  

 The traditional filings/stuffing for crispy vegetable samosa includes potatoes and peas. Others call it the all time classical filling, hence without this classical yet traditional touch samosa’s are seen to be boring and do not live up to the expectations. So in order to prepare an authentic spicy and crispy vegetable potato samosa, it is immensely important to add potatoes and peas. However, Samosa fillings are indeed upon ones tastes, likes and dislike, also the region you live in will heavily depend how much spices or salt you will add in to your crispy samosa.

If you are trying crispy vegetable potato samosa for the very first time, it might get overwhelming and a bit of messy. Do not worry if vegetable potato samosa does not come out right in more than one or two tries, because with practice you can master it all. Do not lose hope or give up because nothing is impossible in life. Look even the word impossible is saying: I’mPossible!!! Keep it calm and tell yourself that you will prepare the most deliciously mouthwatering and fresh vegetable samosa that anyone has ever tasted.

Also if you do have left over samosa’s you can easily freeze them, and eat it in the future. Remember never to waste your food, as each time you have extra food we should all be thankful and grateful. Before throwing food away we should re consider and think about millions of individuals who do not get to eat anything and starve for many days. Food and clean water is for sure a blessing which we all should be grateful of and spread this message of “Stop Wasting Food”. Start this important and highly essential message today with your kids, family and close ones; because charity starts at home!!

 Mini advice for y’all new beginners in the kitchen. If you are preparing crispy vegetable potato samosa for guests and extended family try the recipe out before hand. Also samosa is one fun recipe which you can involve family, friends and loved ones. More than two hands in the kitchen is great and a lot of fun in order to prepare the samosa quicker. Samosa can turn out to be a fun activity, were kids and teens can get involved as well, having more supporters wrapping and filling samosas is a fun way to enjoy your holidays with family.   

Have you ever wondered why Additional Ingredients are used or even considered while preparing the original recipe? That’s cause additional ingredients in this case can freshen up the taste and quality of crispy and spicy potato vegetable samosa. So the additional ingredients used for crispy vegetable samosa are cottage cheese (paneer) and spinach. Did anyone say #healthyliving!! If you are looking for a healthy crispy samosa, than spinach and cottage cheese are here to save the day. Nutritionist and dietitians when considering healthy diet and losing weight, spinach and cottage cheese make a positive impact.

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Spinach as an ingredient is a great healthy option for any recipe, as this green leaf vegetable is filled with essential and necessary nutrients and vitamins. Next time your kids say no to green, just add spinach to crispy samosa and watch the famous animated cartoon series Popeye the sailor man. Without any hesitation or trouble your kids would enjoy. Ask your child a question in order for them to think about super foods, greens and healthier options: have you wondered why Popeye’s ate so much spinach? Hence make a connection with your child whether they can easily notice the symbol and significance of strength that they are trying to portray in the series.

Did you know that cottage cheese is a dairy product? Well that is a fun fact for today. And do you know what that means…Any guesses? So that means that the very fresh and flavorful cottage cheese is high in not only calcium but also protein, minerals and vitamins. Isn’t that great!! That’s why health professionals are all gaga over cottage cheese, so you have to consider nutritional cottage cheese for crispy and spicy vegetable potato samosa.

In today’s 21^st century, contemporary society there is a growing concern and public awareness about obesity, high cholesterol, diabetes etc which all revolves around eating choices and healthy eating. Before we intake anything in our body we have to consider the pros and cons since our health and eating choices that we decide at an individual level can either break us or make us.