Cheese corn nugget and grilled cheese sandwich were my go-to snack to order until I was a pure vegetarian. In Chennai, The previous company I worked for had a large cafeteria area with several small eateries. One among the eateries was hot & chips, which served a perfect grilled veg cheese sandwich with spicy potato chips and tomato ketchup. Along with sandwiches, they also had cheese corn nuggets and a few other starters on the menu. All the eateries in the cafeteria worked on a contract basis. Sometimes later the sandwich shop was replaced by some other eatery. I have never seen the cheese corn nuggets anywhere else. Also, I couldn’t find that hot & chips sandwich shop in the city. After almost a decade, I have decided to recreate the nostalgic cheese corn nuggets and, after a few trails, here I am with a perfect cheese corn nugget recipe to share with you all.

I remember they served the cheese corn nuggets with mayonnaise and ketchup. I hadn’t tasted it with mayonnaise because, as said, I was a vegetarian at that time. One of my senior colleagues Nisha, all the time asked for extra mayonnaise. She had dunked the nuggets into mayonnaise and, just before she took a bite, used to say somedays later, all these fat foods that I was eating now going to make my body explode. Because no matter how much or what she ate, she always remained thin. I hope she is the same as before, now!

Ingredients:

• Required Oil for deep frying

For dough:

• 1 cup fine grated mozzarella cheese
• 2 tbsp corn flour
• 1/8 th tsp of salt
• 2 tbsp of water (adjust the water)
• 1/8 tsp of Italian seasoning
• 1 – green chili chopped
• 1/2 cup of corn kernels

For batter:

• 1/4 cup of bread flour
• a pinch of salt
• 1 – egg white
• 1/2 cup of water

For Dry Coating:

• 1 cup of fine bread crumbs
• 1/4 tsp of Italian seasoning

Procedure:

Step 1:

1. In a bowl, add all the ingredients for the dough. Sprinkle water and combine the cheese and other ingredients to make a soft dough.
2. Divide the dough into small lemon size balls. For a cup of cheese, I made 11 equal size balls.
3. Take a ball, pat it, and make a triangle shape. Keep it aside.

Step 2:

1. In a small cup, combine the ingredients for batter and make sure there are no lumps.
2. Take a piece of prepared cheese triangle, dip it into the wet batter, and dust with seasoned bread crumbs.
3. Tap off the excess bread crumbs and, once again, dunk the cheese triangle into the batter, dust it with the bread crumbs.
4. Arrange the prepared cheese nuggets on a tray and cover it with a plastic wrap. 
5. Refrigerate the wrapped nuggets for a couple of hours to overnight.

Step 3:

1. In a frying pan, heat the required oil for deep frying. Wait until the oil gets nice and hot.
2. Fry the cheese corn nuggets in batches just until the coating becomes golden. 
3. While frying, do not let the nuggets puff up in the oil. If the oil is not hot enough, the nuggets will take time to become crisp and golden and eventually puff up and break.

Other Starter recipe to try:

• Crispy Okra fry
• Beetroot vada
• Potato Kara kari

Summary

Recipe Name

Cheese Corn Nugget

Author

Swaana

Date

2020-12-21

Prep Time

10M

Cook Time

20M

Total Time

30M