Cottage cheese fingers/Paneer croquettes

Ingredients: 
Cottage Cheese (paneer) - 200 grams (full fat, best quality works best)
Tomato Sauce - 2 tablespoons
Red Chilli Sauce - 2 teaspoons
Cornflour - 1/4 cup
Maida / All purpose flour - 1/2 cup
Cooking soda - a pinch
Milk- 3/4 cup (approximately)
Salt to taste (remember, the sauce in the marinade has salt too)
Oil for deep frying

 Procedure: Cut the cottage cheese into 20 or 25 long fingers. In a mixing bowl, mix together the tomato and chilli sauce. Marinate the paneer fingers in them, taking care not to break the fingers. Keep aside for 15 minutes. While the paneer is marinating, mix the cornflour, maida, salt , soda and enough milk to make a medium thick batter. Start with half a cup and then add more as needed. I used about 3/4 cup approximately. If the batter is thin, the fingers will not be as crisp. Rest the batter for 15 minutes.

Heat enough oil in a deep kadhai. Dip the marinated paneer in the batter and deep fry on medium heat till the fingers are golden and crisp. Drain on a kitchen towel.