This is one of my favorite appetizer/starter to make as it’s quick, easy and all the ingredients are easily available at home. If you really want that stringy pull apart types, use shredded mozzarella but I used a mixture of Cheddar, mozzarella and american. Gave a little creamy-ness with the stringy-ness , best of both worlds. You can have different variations in the spices here. Let us know in comments, if you made variations and how you liked it.
Bring a pot of water to boil and add some salt.
Add washed and cleaned spinach to the boiling water for 1 minute and immediately remove and put in a bowl with cold or ice water to stop the cooking process.
Squeeze out some of the water from spinach. (Note: Don’t remove water completely as it will be needed for making the dough).
Chop the spinach roughly and place in a bowl.
Take 2-3 slices of any bread of your choice and grind to make bread crumbs.
Add the bread crumbs and corn starch to the chopped spinach.
Knead the mixture to make a dough.
Add red chili, turmeric, salt and chaat masala to the dough, mix well and keep aside.
Now make the cheese filling by mixing together shredded cheese, green chili, onion, coriander, salt, red chili and turmeric until it comes together to doughy consistency.(Note: if it’s too dry add little bit cream cheese or curd or even water).
Divide the cheese in small balls. Make equal number of balls with spinach.
Spread the spinach on your palm, stuff the cheese inside and close it again to make balls.Put the spinach balls in fridge for 5-10 min or till your are ready to cook.(Note: You can make these ahead of time)
Heat up some neutral oil of your choice and fry the balls till they get slightly dark and cheese inside melts.
The center of the ball will be gooey, cheesy and melted.
Serve hot with ketchup.
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