In a deep bowl, mix the cottage cheese with the egg. Make the consistency as uniform as possible.
Add sifted flour to the mixture. Also add baking powder. If you don't have baking powder, you can use slaked soda. You can slaked it with lemon or vinegar. This is necessary so that the syrniki remain fluffy. Mix everything well. Add chocolate. Mix again.
The dough should be such that it barely sticks to your hands. You may need a little more or less flour, depending on the moisture content of the cottage cheese. When you get this consistency, form a sausage of 4-5 cm in diameter from the dough. Cut it into circles about 2 cm thick.
Heat a frying pan and pour oil into it. Put the syrniki inside and fry them on medium heat for 3-5 minutes on each side. They should be slightly browned.
Serve the syrniki with low-calorie jams or sour cream. Or simply decorate the dish with berries.