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Make restaurant-like crispy paneer popcorn at home! You will get tremendous taste in every bite
Samira Vishwas | July 12, 2026 2:24 PM CST

Paneer Popcorn: If you want to eat something new, tasty and quick to snack with your evening tea, then Paneer Popcorn can be a great option. Instead of deep fried snacks available outside, home-made Paneer Popcorn gives assurance of quality and cleanliness along with taste. Its crispy texture from outside and soft texture from inside is liked by everyone from children to adults.

The best part is that you don’t need a lot of ingredients or much time to make cheese popcorn. With the help of some basic spices, breadcrumbs and fresh cheese, you can prepare it in 20 to 25 minutes. Its taste can be increased manifold by serving it with tomato sauce, mayonnaise or mint dip.

Ingredients to make Paneer Popcorn

  • 250 grams fresh paneer (cut into small cubes)
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 2 tbsp corn flour
  • 1 cup breadcrumbs
  • 1 tsp red chilli powder
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
  • 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
  • 1/2 tsp oregano (optional)
  • 1/2 tsp chili flakes
  • salt as per taste
  • a little water
  • oil for frying

How to make Paneer Popcorn

Paneer popcorn is a tasty snack dish. To prepare this, first prepare a thick batter by mixing flour, corn flour, salt, red chili powder, black pepper, ginger-garlic paste and a little water in a bowl. Now add the paneer pieces in it and let it marinate for 10 to 15 minutes so that the flavor of the spices gets absorbed into the paneer properly.

After this, wrap the marinated cheese pieces one by one thoroughly in breadcrumbs. If you want more crispy texture then do double coating. For this, first coat in breadcrumbs, then in batter and again in breadcrumbs.

Heat oil in a deep pan or kadai on medium flame. Keep in mind that the oil should not be too hot, otherwise the cheese will brown quickly from outside and will not heat properly from inside.

Now slowly drop the coated paneer pieces into the hot oil. Fry them for 3 to 4 minutes or until they become golden and crispy. Then take it out on tissue paper to remove excess oil.

Now slowly drop the coated paneer pieces into the hot oil. Fry them for 3 to 4 minutes or until they become golden and crispy. Then take it out on tissue paper to remove excess oil.

Sprinkle some chaat masala and chili flakes on the prepared paneer popcorn. Serve it hot with green chutney, tomato sauce or mayonnaise. If you wish, you can also add finely chopped green coriander on top.

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