Steamed Potato and Cheese Balls

Steamed potato and cheese balls

Since I’m in uttarakhand right now, volunteering at a village, I thought I will access some of my older recipes and images that I have not posted yet. And I saw the image of these potato and cheese balls and remembered how excited I was while trying them as my bright new vegetable steamer had just come 🙂

These steamed potato and cheese balls were the inaugural dish of my new bright new tupperware steamer :). Until now I rarely used steaming. Mostly to steam some veggies to go with grilles meat, which I could do on a calendar atop a pot of boiling water. But now I want to go a step further; try momos and dimsums at home. That’s the why the new addition to my kitchen gadgets. The steamer is expensive but it’s worth the price. Pretty sturdy and I know I am going to use it for quite some years!

These steamed potato and cheese balls make for a quick healthy and delectable snack. In this recipe, I have given them an Indian chaat flavour but they taste amazing with Italian seasoning as well. Since it was just a trial, I made a small batch of around 12 balls and they were gobbled up before I knew! 🙂

Steamed Potato and Cheese Balls

By Ashima Goyal Siraj
Preparation time: 10 min |Cooking time: 15 mins |Serves: 4 (Makes 12 balls)

250 gms potatoes (I used 2 large)

100 gms soft cottage cheese

2 green chillies, chopped

½ cup Fresh coriander and mint leaves, chopped

½ tsp red chilli powder

1 tsp dry mango powder (amchoor)

4 tsp chaat masala

2 tsp roasted cumin powder (bhuna zeera)

Salt to taste

3-4 Lettuce wraps/ leaves for steaming