Potato Nuggets Recipe – Crispy Potato Cheese Balls Recipe

Potato nuggets / Potato cheese balls is an easy, yummy, kids friendly snack/starter recipe. Most of you would have tried Mccain potato nuggets at home for kids birthday parties and small gatherings. But I haven’t tried store bought ones. For the first time, I prepared these potato nuggets recipe for Raksha’s birthday party after watching a YouTube video. All the kids loved it very much with tomato sauce. This deep fried snack became a super hit among everyone. Its a good crowd pleaser. 

Recently I bought Panko bread crumbs from Metro, Electronic city. It helped to make these nuggets super crunchy and stayed crispy for an hour. Boiled and mashed potato, cheese, bread crumbs and Italian spices are the major ingredients used in this recipe. You can also make it without cheese and go for baked version if you are calorie conscious.  

Friends, do try this yummy potato cheese balls for your kids as evening snack during this summer vacation. They will love it for sure. Ok, lets see how to make Potato nuggets with step by step pictures.

Potato nuggets recipe / Potato cheese balls

How to make potato nuggets recipe with cheese

1. Wash and pressure cook potato in low flame for 2 whistles. Peel the skin, mash and set aside.
2. In a bowl, take the mashed potato, grated chees, bread crumbs, corn flour, oregano mix, chilli flakes and salt.
3. Mix well to make a dough without adding water. Cover and let the dough rest for 1 hour in refrigerator.
4. Take the dough and make shapes. Coat in corn flour paste and bread crumbs. Arrange in a plate.
5. Cover and let it chill for 30 minutes in refrigerator.
6. Deep fry in oil under medium flame till it turns golden in color. Serve hot with tomato ketchup.

METHOD – STEP BY STEP PICTURES

Wash and pressure cook potato adding required water. Cook in low flame for 2 whistles. Remove and peel the skin of cooked potato. Mash it well and set aside. In a wide bowl, take the mashed potato, corn flour. bread crumbs, grated cheese ( Pizza cheese or Cheddar can be used), oregano mix, chilli flakes and salt.  Add garam masala powder if using. Mix well and make dough without adding water. Cover the bowl with a lid and refrigerate for one hour. Take small balls and roll into cylinders as shown in the figure below. In a small bowl, mix corn flour + water to make a paste. Take bread crumbs in a wide plate. Dip the prepared cylinder shaped nuggets into the corn flour paste and then roll in bread crumbs to coat well. Arrange all the nuggets in a plate. Cover and Let it rest for 30 minutes in a refrigerator.  Heat oil in a kadai to deep fry. Drop a pinch of dough to check the oil temperature. If it rises to the top immediately, oil temperature is right. Now lower the flame to medium. Drop 3 to 4 nuggets in each batch. Cook patiently in low to medium flame till it turns golden.  Flip it whenever needed. Do not keep the flame high because the outer layer browns faster and cheese starts to ooze out from the balls. Remove when it turns golden in all the sides. Drain the excess oil in a tissue paper. Serve with tomato ketchup. Enjoy !

Note

Panko bread crumbs helps to retain the crispness for long time. But you can use homemade bread crumbs too by grinding 4 to 6 bread slices in mixie. You can also double coat the corn flour paste and bread crumbs as I did for my corn cheese balls recipe. Adjust the quantity of chilli flakes and oregano as per your taste. Addition of garam masala is optional and not mentioned in original recipe. I used it. You can make this nuggets ahead and freeze till use. For this, roll the nuggets in bread crumbs and refrigerate it till you deep fry it. I used Cheddar cheese in this recipe. You can use any processed cheese, mozarella, Parmesan etc.

Try this easy, yummy potato nuggets for your kids. They will love it !