Sunday, November 23, 2014

Cabbage Pakodas

A perfect snack to much on rainy days. It does need some patience to fry them. But, the final outcome is totally worth it. Cabbage pakoda is not a very common Indian dish, its just an experiment and a good one according to the one's who tasted it. 

Ingredients:

Cabbage (shredded) - 4 cups
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Green Chilli - 2
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Salt - to taste
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Chilli powder - to taste
Gram flour - 1 cup
Rice flour - 1/2 cup
Oil - for frying
Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
Baking soda - 1 tsp
Water - as needed

Procedure:
  1. Shred cabbage as shown in the picture
  2. In a separate large bowl add shredded Cabbage, chopped green chillies, salt, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, chilli powder, turmeric powder, ginger garlic paste and mix well. 
  3. Add in gram flour (chickpea flour), rice flour and baking powder to the above and mix
  4. Heat the oil in a wide pan for frying. Divide the mixture from step-2 in to small portions (as shown in the picture) and carefully drop in to the hot oil for frying
  5. Fry evenly on both sides for a couple of minutes, till they turn golden brown. 
  6. Remove from oil and serve!!
Enjoy while they are hot with some ketchup or green chutney on the side!!

Note: Be very careful while dropping the mixture in to oil. Also, add gram flour and rice flour to get your desired consistency for the batter (just make sure you maintain 2:1 ratio)

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