Looks like we will not have
any respite from this age-long winter snow warning being there on this Sunday.
Every time when the temperature escalates a bit, my hopes for a pleasant summer
get high but all my excitements come to a naught when few days later the
mercury again goes back to minus. It's sheer frustrating.
Last Thursday when a mild
rain soaked the sky I slipped into a nostalgia for many a rain washed bygone
days spent across the busy streets of Kolkata, the moment calling for some
celebration my way through savoring the snacks ideal for such rainy evenings -
pakoda. I had a wee tot of vegetables left over in the fridge which perfectly
fit into making a batch of mixed pakodas. They are so yummy that I bet you
cannot stop at one. I used the veggies that were at home right at that moment; you
may mix and match the same way with whatever remnants of veggies left from your
cooking.
Ingredients:
Cooking time: 30 minutes
ü 1/3 cup of all the following veggies:
potato, cabbage, green beans, spinach, capsicum, onion (finely chopped)
ü 2-3 green chillies (chopped)
ü 1 inch long ginger (finely chopped)
ü 2 tbsp anardana or pomegranate
ü 1 heaped tsp cumin powder
ü 1 tsp amchur powder
ü 1 tsp paprika or dry red chilli powder
ü Salt to taste
ü 3-4 tbsp besan or gram flour
ü 2 tbsp rice flour
ü 1/3 cup of water (adjust the amount as per
need)
ü White oil for frying
Method:
1) Except for oil, mix
all the ingredients together and make thick mixture.
2) Heat oil in a wok and
when oil turns smoking hot, add spoonful of the mixture and deep fry.
3) Continue frying in
batches. Serve hot with mustard sauce or coriander chutney.
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