Ragi Pakoda

Want a healthier snack to munch on?? Here is Ragi Pakoda especially for you. Its not only healthier, its tastier too. It will be very much crispier just like Gram flour pakoda (Kadalai Maavu pakoda).  Over to the healthier Ragi pakoda recipe..

Preparation Time : 15 minutes

Ingredients:

Ragi Flour            - 1 cup (Keppai Maavu / Kelvaragu Maavu)

Rice Flour            - 3/4 cup (Arisi Maavu)

Asafoetida            - a pinch (Hing/Perungayam)

Salt                        - As required

Chili Powder         - 1 tsp

Small Onion          - 3

Green Chili            - 2

Curry Leaves         - few

Oil                          - For frying

Procedure:

• Chop Small onions and Green chilies. Crush curry leaves.
• Take a bowl. Add ragi flour, rice flour, asafoetida, salt, chili powder, chopped onions, green chilies, crushed curry leaves to it.
• Mix everything well. Heat 2 tbsp of oil. Add hot oil to the bowl. Mix it with the flour. Sprinkle water and mix it. You must add very little water, JUST ENOUGH to hold the flour together. Adding hot oil and adding very little water is the key secret for getting crispier pakodas.
• Heat oil in a pan. When the oil is hot, deep fry pakodas. Enjoy your pakodas hot!!

Virudhunagar Pakoda

Here is the very special recipe from our native.

 Its usually Paal sadham (Milk Sadham) and pakoda for dinner in most of the houses in our town. This combination always stays fresh in our childhood memories. Even now when we go to our hometown, we will have this combo for dinner at-least for a day.

 I always wanted to give a try to this pakoda at home, but it never turned crispier as we get in stores. My neighbor's mom gave me a simple yet very useful tip for getting crispier pakodas. Thanks to her for the wonderful tip; now we will never miss our favorite combo.  Over to the recipe..

Preparation Time : 15 minutes

Ingredients:

Gram Flour           - 1 cup (Kadalai Maavu)

Rice Flour             - 3/4 cup (Arisi Maavu)

Asafoetida             - a pinch (Hing/Perungayam)

Salt                        - As required

Chili Powder         - 1 tsp

Small Onion          - 3

Green Chili            - 2

Curry Leaves         - few

Oil                          - For frying

Procedure:

• Chop Small onions and Green chilies. Crush curry leaves.
• Take a bowl. Add gram flour, rice flour, asafoetida, salt, chili powder, chopped onions, green chilies, crushed curry leaves to it.
• Mix everything well. Heat 2 tbsp of oil. Add hot oil to the bowl. Mix it with the flour. Sprinkle water and mix it. You must add very little water, JUST ENOUGH to hold the flour together. Adding hot oil and adding very little water is the key secret for getting crispier pakodas.
• Heat oil in a pan. When the oil is hot, deep fry pakodas. Enjoy your pakodas hot!!

Wheat Flour & Cabbage Pakoda

This is the snack which i prepare, when we have surprise guests .

There are two unique things about this pakoda.  First one is,  we are using whole wheat flour. One of my friends, used to prepare pakoda with Whole wheat flour. Learnt from her, and from then i have been preparing pakodas with whole wheat flour. 

And the second one is, instead of onions,  i have used cabbage.  Thinking of how the taste will be?? This healthy pakodas will be much more crispier and tastier than regular pakodas. Here is the recipe.

Recipe For : 1

Preparation Time : 10 minutes

Ingredients:

Whole Wheat Flour       - 1 cup  

Cabbage                       - 2 handsful

Asafoetida                     - a pinch

Salt                                - As required

Turmeric Powder           - a pinch

Chilli Powder                  - 1/2 tsp

Curry Leaves                  - few

Oil                                   - for frying

Procedure:

• Chop finely  Cabbage and Curry Leaves.
• Take Whole wheat flour, Chopped cabbage, and salt in a bowl.
• Add also asafoetida, turmeric powder and chilli powder to the bowl.
• Mix well thoroughly and start adding water in small instances. Add enough water so that cabbage is coated with batter.
• Mix well everything, before adding water. This is done for even distribution of salt and powders.
• Heat oil in a frying pan. Take little batter with hands , add to the oil and deep fry it.
• After its fried, take it out. Drain excess oil and serve pakodas hot..
• Enjoy your delicious snack!!!

Ribbon Pakoda

Ribbon Pakoda

Coming here is the snack, which can be prepared very easily...You can prepare it in less than 20 minutes. Guests visiting suddenly?? Prepare this Ribbon Pakoda instantly and impress your guests..

Ingredients:

Rice Flour                 - 3 cup

Fried Gram Flour      - 1.5 cups  (Porikadalai Maavu)

Butter                         - 1 tbsp

Salt                            - As required

Water                        - As required

Oil                             - For frying

To Grind:

Red Chilli           - 2

Fennel Seeds      - 1/2 tsp

Garlic Pods         - 4

Procedure:

• Grind Everything under 'To Grind'. Adding Fennel seeds and garlic give very nice flavor to Pakoda.. So Don't ever skip this step.
• Take a bowl. Add Rice flour, Fried Gram flour, ground masala, salt and butter to it. Add water in small instances and start binding the flour.
• Be careful while adding water. The dough should be of Chapathi dough consistency. 
• There are many ways of preparing this pakoda. Can prepare it also with Gram Flour (Kadalai Maavu) or else with both gram flour and Fried Gram Flour.
• Adding little Butter is must. You can also use Hot oil instead. Because of this, pakodas will be crispier and it won't absorb much oil.
• Take a muruku press. Add dough to it. Use plate for Ribbon Pakoda.
• Heat oil in  a pan. When the oil is hot, start pressing the pakoda directly into the oil.
• When its cooked on both sides, remove from oil.
• Drain excess oil and enjoy your pakoda..

ribbon

Mixed Vegetable Pakoda

Mixed Vegetable Pakoda

Looking for some easy, delightful evening snack??? Mixed Vegetable Pakoda is one such snacks.. You can prepare it in just 10 minutes.. How will it be, having a chit-chat with your beloved ones , munching pakoda and sipping tea??? Those moments mean a lot to me..

Try this delicious pakoda next time when you chit-chat..

Ingredients:

Kadalai Maavu              - 1 cup  (Besan Flour)

Arisi Maavu                   - 1/2 cup (Rice Flour)

Carrot                             - 1/2

Cabbage                         - 1/4 cup

Big Onion                      - 1

Perungayam                   - a pinch (Asafoetida)

Salt                                 - As required

Turmeric Powder           - a pinch

Chilli Powder                 - 1/2 tsp

Curry Leaves                  - few

Oil                                   - for frying

Procedure:

• Chop finely Big onion, Carrot, Cabbage and Curry Leaves.
• Take kadalai maavu, Arisi maavu , Chopped Vegetables and salt in a bowl.
• Add also asafoetida, salt, turmeric powder and chilli powder to the bowl.
• Mix well thoroughly and start adding water in small instances. Add enough water so that all vegetables are coated with batter.
• Mix well everything, before adding water. This is done for even distribution of salt and powders.
• Heat oil in a frying pan. Take little batter with hands , add to the oil and deep fry it.
• After its fried, take it out. Drain excess oil and serve pakodas hot..
• Enjoy your delicious snack!!!

Pakoda Kulambu (Pakora Gravy)

Pakoda Kulambu (Pakora Gravy)

Feeling bored or tired to cook for lunch?? Pakoda kulambu helps you in this case.. Its very simple to prepare.. Grind everything .. Cook it.. Add pakodas.. Thats it!!! You will surely love this simple ,yummy kulambu.. No need of any curry for this too.. 

Here, in my case i used pakodas which are left-over at home.. You can even prepare them at home or buy at stores.. I have added the procedure for preparing pakodas too.. You can also prepare vadai kulambu using vadais instead of pakodas..

And the recipe follows,

Ingredients:

For Pakoda:

Channa Dal             - 1 cup

Salt                          - As required

Red Chilli                - 2 

Green Chilli             - 1

Coriander Leaves    - few

Mint Leaves            - few

Curry Leaves          - few

Oil                           - for frying

For Kulambu:

Small Onion                  - 7 or 9

Tomato                          - 2 (medium size)

Chopped Coconut         - 1/4 cup

Red Chilli                      - 2

Coriander Powder         - 2 tsp

Turmeric Powder          - 1/2 tsp

Salt                                - As required

Fennel Seeds                 - 1 tsp (Sombu)

Coriander Leaves          - few

Oil                                 - A required

Procedure:

For Pakoda:

• Soak Channa Dal for 2-3 hrs.. Drain excess water and grind it with fennel seeds and red chilli.Grind it coarsely. Add salt,coriander leaves, mint leaves, curry leaves and chopped green chillies. Mix it well and deep fry in oil.

For Kulambu:

• Grind coconut, small onions, red chillies and tomatoes together.. We won't add tamarind for this kulambu.. So add more tomatoes.
• Heat oil in a cooker.. Add fennel seeds.. After that add masala.. then salt, turmeric powder and coriander powder.
• Add enough water. This kulambu must be in watery consistency only.. Its because, pakodas  will absorb water from kulambu and hence it will get thick.
• Garnish with coriander leaves. .Add pakodas just 10 minutes before serving the kulambu or else kulambu will get very much thick..