Saturday, September 30, 2023

Mixed Vegetable Pakora


Ingredients 
Gram flour (Besan) - 2 cup
Rice flour - 4 tsp
Onion - 2 medium-long thin slices
Potatoes - 2 medium-long thin slices
Bell pepper - 1 small-long thin slices
Cabbage - 1 cup-long thin slices 
Curry leaves - 10 chopped
Green chili - 4 chopped
Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup
Salt - 1 tbsp or to taste
Red chili powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp (optional - I did not use)
Water - 1/2 cup - (to make tight dough)


Method
1. In a big bowl, add, onion, bell pepper, cabbage, potato, green chili, red chili powder, coriander powder, cumin, garam masala, baking soda, ginger-garlic paste, and salt and mix well and keep aside for 15 mins.
2. Now add besan and rice flour. 
3. Now try and mix nicely with onion moisture as much as you can.
4. Now add water little by little and make a tight dough, it should not be runny at all.
5. Heat oil in a pan to deep fry. Test if the oil is hot enough by dropping a small portion of the mix.
6. Take small portions of pakodi dough and drop in oil.
7. Fry until golden brown on medium flame stirring often. When they are done. you will see oil bubbles will reduce.
8. Take them out and drain them on kitchen tissue in a big bowl.
9. Serve with green chutney.



Sunday, September 17, 2023

Boiled potato fry

 Boiled potato fry

Boiled potatoes - 2 ( Take bowl of water and aloo and Microwave for 8 mins)

onion - 1 small chopped long

Green chilies - 1 (Optional)

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

cumin seeds -1/2 tsp

red chili powder - 1 tsp

turmeric - 1/2 tsp

salt

coriander powder - 1/2 tsp

Cumin powder - 1/4 tsp

method:

heat oil in pan, add mustard and cumin seeds fry till light brown

now add onion, and green chili, and fry till onions are light brown

now add RCP, turmeric, coriander-cumin powder, and salt n mix well for a min

now add chopped boiled potatoes n fry for 2 mins

now put the flame low n cook potatoes for 10 mins

sprinkle coriander leaves and serve hot