Pakudi /Vegetable Pakoda.

Come rainy or winter season and we want some hot pakudi  and tea to go with the evening khatti. Have you ever tried eating pakudi with mudhi.......if no then i will recomend you try it once. And if you are in my group then who will know better then me about the taste nd fun about it.

                       In some parts of Odisa we eat pakudi with Pakhal bhata ,If you have never tried it i will suggest you to try this once . It tastes awesome.Pakudi can be eaten with a little bit of chat masala sprinkled over it , or with hot n sweet tomato sauce, or mint coriander chutney. It goes well in breakfast too. You can  eat Maharastra Bhaji Pav by applying some green chutney to two slices of bread and keeping pakudis in between. So here goes the recipe for this yummy starter.

Ingredients:

1/2 Potato

1 big Onion
1 cup Spinach ,chopped
1/2 cup Bell pepper / Capsicum
1/2 cup Cabbage
Few florets of Cauliflower,chopped
1 inch Ginger grated or finely crushed
1-2 Green Chillies (as per taste)
1 sprig of Curry leaves.
2 cups of Besan /Gram Flour
1/2 tsp Carom seeds /Ajwain
1 tsp Kasoori methi
1 pinch of Sodium Bicarbonate
Salt
Oil to deep Fry.

Preparation:
  Chop all the vegetables into thin long slices. In a deep mixing bowl mix all ingredients leaving the Oil for deep frying. I will suggest you to put water in it after you dry mix all the stuff,so that you have an idea how much water u need to make the dough.Add water to it,make sure it should not be runny. Leave it for 10 -15 mins so that everything will mix well and the flavour is absorbed. In a deep frying pan or kadai heat oil.Drop small amount of dough to the oil carefully . Fry the pakudis till it s golden brown in colour and crispy. Try to make thin and long shapes so that it will be well cooked and look beautiful. Sprinkle with chat masala and serve hot. A perfect recipe for any evening chat and catching up with friends n family.