Eggless Fried Cheese Bites | Fried Mozzarella Cheese

Ingredients

• 6 Mozzarella cheese sticks (cut into bite-size pieces)
• 1/4 cup corn starch
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp salt (or to taste)
• 1/2 tsp ground pepper
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1/4 cup water (or as required)
• 1/2 cup panko bread crumbs
• 1 cup oil (for frying)

Instructions

1. 1

   Cut the cheese sticks:I cut my single cheese stick into three equal parts. You can leave it as is or cut into two.

2. 2

   Prepare the flour batter:In a bowl, add the corn starch, all-purpose flour, salt, pepper, and onion powder. Mix it.

3. 3

   Then add water little by little and prepare the batter. The batter should not be too thick or thin, so add water cautiously.

4. 4

   Coat the cheese sticks with batter and fry:Heat the oil for frying.

5. 5

   While the oil is getting hot, dip the cut cheese bites into the flour batter.

6. 6

   Please make sure you dip it thoroughly and coat it with the batter. Now shake off the excess batter and immediately roll it over the panko breadcrumbs. Coat it evenly as well. Repeat the same process with the other cheese bites and keep them ready.

7. 7

   Now slowly drop the breaded cheese bites into the oil and fry until they turn brown like below. The excess panko breadcrumbs might fall off in the oil, and that's fine. Similarly, fry all the cheese bites.

8. 8

   You can remove the excess breadcrumbs for the even look. But I love them.

9. 9

   Serve warm with marinara sauce or ketchup or sauce of your choice.