Entry 7: Pumpkin Pakoda

Ingredients:

• Pumpkin 1 small
• Small onion 1
• Green chillies 3
• Curry leaves 6
• Cilantro chopped 1/2 cup
• Ginger root 1 inch
• Salt to taste
• Besan( gram flour) 3/4 cup
• Rice flour 1/4 cup
• Baking Soda 1/4 spn
• Oil to deep fry

Method:

• Peal the skin of pumpkin and grate it.
• Chop onion also length wise.
• Chop green chillies and ginger to small pieces.
• Chop cilantro and curry leaves.
• Now mix all the above chopped items and add salt, baking soda, gram flour and rice flour.
• Add water to mix the mixture.
• It should be a consistancy of normal pakoda batter.
• Heat oil in pan and make this pakoda batter to small round balls and deep fry till golden brown.
• Oil should not be too hot. If its hot the pakodas cook on top but dosent not cook inside.
• Serve hot with ur favourite sauce or chutney.

So girls in this season of Halloween as the weather is very cold, this is the perfect snack to prepare and enjoy with ur loved ones with cup of tea or coffee.

Nutritional Benefits:

People who dont like pumpkin this the perfect way to feed them this pumpkin pakoda. Specially me who dont like pumpkin after making this item mixing onion and etc. I liked it soo much that am ready to make every day and have this as my evening snack.

Best of Luck.