Sanna Pakora / Sindhi Pakora

Pakora or Pakoda is a very famous snack food all over India. Main ingredient is basen flour, adding spices to flour and make a thick batter and deep fry until crispy, the spices will vary according to the regions eg. Kongunadu we don’t use cumin seeds and coriander seeds but in north they use to add this. Coming to this Sindhi Sanna pakora the specialty is adding dry pomegranate seeds and this pakora is a double fried one.

Ingredients:

Besan flour (gram flour)	1 cup
Onion finely chopped	½ cup
Green chili	1-2
Cumin seeds	1 tsp
Coriander seeds	1 tsp
Pepper powder	1 tsp
Coriander leaves finely chopped	½ cup
Mint leaves finely chopped	¼ cup
Salt	as per taste
Oil	for deep frying

 

Directions:

1. Add all the dry ingredients in large mixing bowl, heat oil in kadai.
2. Mix the dry ingredients well and add little water and mix like a thick batter.
3. Add one tablespoon full of hot oil to the batter and mix well.
4. Once the oil is hot, take two tablespoon full of batter and drop gentle in oil.
5. Reduce the flame to low and cook well until it turns golden brown.
6. Drain the excess oil and allow it to cool completely. Repeat the same process for rest of the batter.
7. Break the fried pakora’s to bite size pieces and again deep fry until crispy.
8. Serve with ketchup and green chutney immediately.

 

Note:

Since I didn’t have any pomegranate seeds I didn’t add that. You can add 1 tsp of that if you have.

 

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Ragi Vadai / Ragi Pakoda

Ragi (Finger Millet) is rich in protein and calcium, one of the rich nutrition foods. This Ragi vadai / ragi pakoda is our families all time favorite snack, it’s a good crispy snack for tea time that too for this cold weather it will be a good combination.

 

Ingredients:

Ragi flour	1 cup
Roasted peanuts	3 tsp
Roasted channa dal	3 tsp
Red chili	3-4
Curry leaves	few
Salt	as needed
Asafetida	a pinch
Oil for deep fry

Direction:

1. Chop the red chilies finely; mix all the ingredients with chili.
2. Add water little by little and make firm dough. Heat oil for deep frying, meanwhile make small flat vadas (just by pressing with fingers, doesn’t need any shape make as thin as possible).
3. Deep fry until crispy on medium flame and serve with hot tea or coffee.

 

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