# Cheesy Chickpea Balls

Cheesy Chickpea Balls are a super yummy and easy-to-make dish that are kids' favorite and can also be packed in tiffin.

- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 cup Chickpea (soaked & boiled chhole/kabuli chana)
- 1 medium sized fine grated Carrot
- 0.5 cup Cheese
- 0.33 cup Bread Crumbs
- as per taste Salt
- as per taste pepper powder

## Instructions

1. Take previously soaked and boiled chickpeas (chhole) after removing the water.
2. Mash them well with a fork, masher, mixer, or grinder.
3. Add finely grated carrots to the mashed chickpeas.
4. Add any type of grated cheese.
5. Add bread crumbs.
6. Add salt to taste.
7. Add black pepper powder.
8. Mix everything well with your hands until combined to form a dough-like consistency.
9. Take small portions and roll them into balls, similar to ladoos. You can also make flat tikki shapes.
10. Optionally, lightly coat the balls in bread crumbs.
11. Heat an appe pan, grease it with a little oil, and place the chickpea balls in the molds.
12. Cook until golden brown on all sides.
13. Carefully remove the cooked cheese balls from the appe pan.

## Equipment

- Fork
- Masher
- Mixer Grinder
- Appe pan

## Tips

- You can deep fry, air fry, or make it as shown in the video, they'll taste amazing either way.
- The bread crumbs can be made by grinding any type of bread in a grinder.
- The breadcrumbs for coating are an optional step.
- The cheese balls will firm up a bit after cooling.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DO-CFWyDcIP/?igsh=Njc2MHJmYm03ZGdl
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/7b3a88b5-cb81-495e-8232-02aad36c12f2
- Extracted: 2025-09-24

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