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Mirchi Bhajji in Marathi
Time: 15 minutes
Serves: 2 to 3 persons
Ingredients:
8 to 10 long green chilies. (less spicy)
3/4 cup chickpea flour
1 tbsp rice flour
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
pinch of baking soda
salt to taste
oil for deep frying
Method:
1) Wash green chilies. Make a lengthwise slit and remove the seeds (Tip). Do not remove the stem.
2) Take a small mixing bowl. Mix chickpea flour, rice flour, turmeric, and salt. Add a little less than 3/4 cup of water. Mix without lumps. Add pinch of soda and make a thick batter.
3) Heat oil over high heat. Turn heat to medium when it reaches to a smoke point. Dip the green chilies and make sure that they are well coated with the batter. Carefully drop them in hot oil. Deep fry until golden.
Serve hot.
Tips:
1) Removing seeds is completely depend on how spicy those chilies are. If chilies are too hot, then remove all the seeds. Also, you may keep a little amount of seeds if you like hot chili pakoda.
2) Do not use very thick chilies. Although, they are less spicy, they remain uncooked and crunchy after deep frying. Hence, use long, medium thick and medium spicy chilies.
3) Green chilies can be stuffed with different stuffing. I had stuffed them spicy mashed potato (usual potato subzi flavored with chili paste, ginger and garlic). Then dipped in batter and deep fried in hot oil.
Baby Corn Pakoda in Marathi
Time: 15 minutes
Serves: 2 to 3 persons
Ingredients:
15 baby Corns
3 tbsp corn flour
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp red chili powder
1/2 tsp cumin powder
1/2 tsp coriander powder
1/4 tsp amchoor powder
Salt to taste
Oil to deep fry
Method:
1) Take corn flour into a small bowl. add all the spices and salt. Mix well. Add 2 to 3 tbsp water and make medium consistency paste.
2) Wash and pat dry baby corns. Heat oil into a kadai. Turn the heat to medium high.
3) Dip the 3 to 4 baby corns into corn flour paste. Coat well. Leave the baby corns in hot oil. Deep fry till golden brown.
Serve hot with tomato ketchup.
Paneer Pakoda in Marathi
Time: 15 to 20 minutes
Yield: 10 to 12 pieces
Ingredients:
200 Gram paneer, cut into finger sized slices
1 tbsp corn flour
1 tbsp Maida
Salt to taste
1 tsp Red chili powder
Marination
2 tsp green chili sauce
2 tsp soy sauce
Oil for deep frying
Method:
1) Mix chili sauce and soy sauce into a medium bowl. Marinate paneer slices with this mixture for 5 minutes
2) Mix corn flour, maida, salt and red chili powder into a bowl. Dust marinated paneer with this mixture and deep fry in hot oil until golden brown.
Serve with Chili sauce as an appetizer.
Plantain cutlets in Marathi
Time: Prep Time- 20 minutes (Excludes soaking time for sago) | Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Yield: 12 to 14 medium cutlets
Ingredients:
2 green plantain/raw bananas
1 medium potato boiled and mashed
1/4 cup sago
2 tbsp flour used for fasting
3 Tbsp peanuts roasted and crushed
Crush together - 3 green chilies + ½ tsp cumin seeds +¼ cup coriander leaves chopped finely
1 tbsp lemon juice
Salt to taste
Ghee or Peanuts Oil for deep frying
Method:
1) Wash sago pearls with water. Drain all the water and keep it covered for 4 hours.
2) Once sago is nice and plump, peel and grate the plantain. Mix them both. Now add mashed potato, fasting flour, peanuts powder, chili mixture, lemon juice and salt to taste. Make a stiff dough. Divide the dough into equal sized dumplings and shape them according to your preference.
3) Heat oil or ghee for deep frying. Deep fry cutlets over medium heat till color turns to golden brown.
Serve hot with Sweet lemon pickle or green chutney.
Spinach Pakoda in Marathi
Serves: 10 to 12 Pakodas (For 2 persons)
Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
2 cup roughly chopped spinach leaves
1/4 cup onion, julienne
6 to 7 tbsp Besan (chickpea flour)
1 tbsp Rice flour
1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste
5 to 7 curry leaves, finely chopped
1 tsp Sesame seeds (optional)
1 tsp Kasoori Methi
1/2 tbsp Red chili powder or to taste
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
Pinch of baking soda
Salt to taste
2 to 3 tbsp of water
Oil for deep frying
Method:
1) In a mixing bowl add spinach, onion and salt. Mix well and leave for 10 to 15 minutes. This will make onion little mushy and slightly watery.
2) Then Sprinkle besan and rice flour over it. Heat 1 tsp oil till it reaches to its smoking point and pour it over the flour. Wait for 2 minutes and toss gently.
3) Now add other ingredients (ginger garlic paste, kasoori methi, sesame seeds, red chili powder, turmeric powder, baking soda, and little more salt if needed). Mix nicely and add very little water. Make a very thick mixture (dough like consistency).
4) Heat oil for deep frying and put it over medium flame. Drop little pakodas with the help of spoon or just by hand. Deep fry until golden brown and crispy.
Place on the paper towel to remove excess oil.
Serve hot with Tomato ketchup, green chutney or dry garlic chutney.
Tips:
1) You can add fresh methi leaves (Fenugreek) along with spinach.
2) Adding 1 tsp hot oil over dry flour makes the pakodas crispy.
3) Do not fry over high heat or low heat. Frying over high heat makes the pakoda brown quickly but inside it will remain uncooked. Frying over low heat will make the pakodas very oily. Try to maintain the temperature by changing from medium to medium-high.
4) Baking soda makes the pakodas light. However do not add more than a pinch for the above quantity.
5) If you add water more than few spoons, pakodas wont come out crispy.
Onion Pakoda in Marathi
Serves: 3 plate bhajji
Time: 45 minutes
Ingredients:
2 medium onions
1/4 tsp Asafoetida
1/2 tsp Turmeric
2 tsp Red chili powder
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1/4 cup cilantro
Gram Flour 1/4 to 1/2 cup
1 tbsp Rice flour
salt to taste
5 to 6 Curry leaves (Optional)
1/4 tsp grated Ginger (Optional)
Oil for deep frying
Method:
1) Slice Onion thinly lengthwise. Add turmeric, red chili powder, asafoetida and salt. Mix well and cover for 1/2 an hour. This will make onion little mushy and watery.
2) Add 1 tbsp rice flour and approx 4 to 5 tbsp gram flour. mix nicely. Do not add water, incorporate flour in the moisture released by onion. Another thing is do not add too much flour, otherwise you won't get crisp to pakoda.
3) Then add cilantro, cumin seeds, curry leaves, ginger. mix well.
4) Heat oil in fryer pan. Leave small portions. Fry until golden brown and crispy. Serve hot will Chutney.
Aloo Pakoda in Marathi
Yield: approx 2 plates
Times: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
2 medium potatoes
1/2 cup Gram flour (Besan)
3 tbsp water
1 tbsp Rice flour
pinch of baking soda
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
salt to taste
Oil for deep fry
Method:
1) Peel potatoes and cut into thin round slices. For 15 minutes, soak into water. If possible, soak for 3 to 4 hours before frying Bhajjis. This will help to reduce starch in potato.
2) Meanwhile, mix gram flour and rice flour into a medium bowl. Prepare a batter by adding 3 to 4 tbsp water. There should not be any lumps in the batter. Mix nicely by adding cumin seeds, salt and soda.
3) Heat oil in a medium wok. Drain the water from potato slices. Dip potato slices into the batter and deep fry them till color turns to nice golden.
Serve hot with Garlic Chutney.
You can also make Bhajji-pav by combining Ladipav (Dinner roll), Green Chutney, Tamarind Chutney and Garlic Chutney.
Note:
1) Batter should not be thick in consistency. It will create thick coating which makes them mushy and not crispy.
2) You can also add red chili powder, 1 tbsp chopped cilantro leaves, pinch of Carom seeds for more flavor and color.
3) When you'll make the batter, You might feel that that batter wont be enough. But 1/2 cup gram flour and 1 tbsp rice flour would be enough and there will not be too much leftover batter.
Idli Fry in Marathi
Serves: 18 pieces (6 pc to each person)
Ingredients:
6 Leftover Idlis
Oil for deep frying
1/4 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Red Chili Powder
1/2 tsp Chat Masala
Method:
For Plain Idli Fry
To make plain Idli fry, cut each Idli into 3 pieces. Heat oil and deep fry Idli pieces over medium high heat. Drain with stainless skimmer and transfer them to paper towel.
For Tangy and spicy Idli fry
First, make plain Idli fry as per the above method. Place them on paper towel. Sprinkle little salt, chili powder and Chat masala to taste when fried Idlis are hot. Mix well and serve hot with Tomato Ketchup or Green Chutney.
Labels:
Idli Fry, Idali Fry, Spicy idlis, fried idli
Crispy Okra in Marathi
Serves: 1 Plate (2 persons)
Ingredients:
15 no. Okra, medium
2 tbsp Gram flour
1 tbsp Rice flour
1/2 tsp Ginger-Garlic paste
1 tsp red Chili powder
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
1/4 tsp Cumin Powder
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying (Note 1)
Chat Masala to taste
Method:
1) Wash and pat dry Okra. Cut off both the tips of each Okra. Slice each Okra lengthwise and make very thin strips
2) In a small bowl. Mix Gram flour, Rice flour, red Chili powder, Turmeric powder, Cumin powder, Chat masala and salt to taste. Transfer Okra stripes to a mixing bowl. Add ginger garlic paste and stir gently with a spoon. Do not stir vigorously. Now add the flour mixture. Gently mix all the ingredients with the spoon and coat Okra stripes with flour mixture. Cover and let it rest for 15 minutes.
3) Heat Oil in a wok. Divide bhendi stripes into 4 batches so that it will not get overcrowded in the oil. Once oil is hot, add first batch, try to separate okra stripes while dropping in the oil. It will cook the Okra evenly. Deep fry until crispy. Drain and again repeat the process.
4) Put drained Okra on a paper towel to remove excessive oil. Now transfer fried Okra to serving plate. Sprinkle little lemon juice or chat masala, red chili powder. Serve this crispy Okra as a starter.
Note:
1) Since the batter for this recipe is dry, it does not stick to bhendi while frying. To avoid waste of cooking oil, use less oil, just enough to fry the bhendies. And fry it in 3-4 small batches.
