October 12, 2011

my cooking-potato pakoda

Potato pakoda ....4o'clock snack...........wow tasty and easy...

Ingredients
1.Potatoes Boiled and smashed 4nos.
2.Onions finely chopped 2 large nos.
3.Ginger half a lemon size chopped
4.Garlic 6nos. chopped
5.Curry leaves 6nos.
6.Green chili chopped 4nos.
7.Turmeric powder half a tsp.
8.Mustard seeds 1tsp.
9.Jeera seeds1&1/2 tsp
10.Salt to taste
11.Oil for frying
12.Gram flour to make the batter

                                Boil potatoes with its skin in a pressure cooker add necessary salt and boil at medium flame for 6 whistles ............. when the potatoes are done remove from hot water and peel the skin off and smash it using fork... keep it aside...............heat 2tbsp.oil in a pan and splatter mustard, jeera and curry leaves to it saute onion,ginger,garlic and green chili ..saute it till the onions appear to be glassy ...then at low flame add the turmeric powder mix it well ..........to it add the smashed potatoes and mix nicely by flattening the potatoes when mixed remove from fire and let it cool (if needed add salt) make small balls out of the potato mixture and keep it aside ....in deep bowl make a thick batter using gram flour,water and a pinch of salt  ....now heat oil in a deep pan and take one potato ball dip it in the batter (it should be well coated) and fry it in the oil .............fry how much you can in your deep pan ................cook it at medium flame and fry till golden brown serve with ketchup or tamarind-date chutney ............
           

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