A few months ago I suffered from ‘Bloggers block’ and made a bid deal out of it here.Then it vanished just as suddenly as it came and now I am finding it difficult to keep pace with my cooking,writing and blogging about dishes I made.As many as I prepare and want to write about them,I find my time shrinking.
And to add to this there are so many events out there that I am cooking like crazy.So if you find me over-enthusiastic in posting recipes,be assured that this phase too shall pass 😉
Today’s second recipe is a simple snack with spinach.One day when Lil Angel refused to eat greens I was shocked.The girl who ate veggies with relish suddenly turned hostile towards them and my bunch of spinach seemed to cry.So I turned it into fritter which she enjoyed immensely.
I used:
Spinach -1/2 a bunch,approx. 1/2 a cup [loosely packed] when chopped
Besan /Chickpea flour-1/2 a cup
Rice flour [/ corn flour] – 1/4 cup
Red chilli powder-1/2 a teaspoon
Cumin powder-1/2 a teaspoon
Salt to taste
Oil to deep fry
- Wash and pat dry spinach leaves.Chop them into thin strips.
- Heat oil in a pan.
- Meanwhile,in a bowl mix besan,rice flour,salt,red chilli powder,cumin powder.
- Add water little by little and make a smooth batter.It should not be too watery or too thick.[You can check by testing if it coats the back of a spoon]
- Add the spinach leaves and use a fork to mix.
- It the batter turns thick,sprinkle a little water.[The batter and the spinach should not show out separately.]
- Take a spoonfuls of this mixture and drop it into hot oil.Cook on medium heat till it turns golden and crispy.
Serve with tomato ketchup / sauce.
This crispy snack is off to Pari’s Kids only event and to Sharmi’s Lite teatime snacks
Bon Appetit…
PJ, healthy pakodas with spinach..a beautiful click as always:-)
crunchy…My fav., can have that plate right now….
Wow…my favourite tea snack…looks yum….
wow lovely,crispy ,healthy fritters …anything with spinach i love
Satya
http://www.superyummyrecipes.com
Dear padmaja
I liked the introduction really..very nice..
I recall , long long back I used make pakodas with Besan only ..then I learnt to add suji and then rice flour..
I take a note of your proportion of besan and rice flour, will use it.
Try one leaf with tempura mix…very nice
Have a nice mid week
Glad that you are out of bloggers block. Lovely fritters, I am sure kids will love these 🙂
I love these spinach pakoras. Am not surprised your lil angel liked it too. 🙂
Here's another way to make them though they do soak up a lot of oil. Dip the whole spinach leaf in the batter and deep fry. The batter should be thinner than the regular batter and should be almost dripping off of the spinach. The taste is out of this world. 🙂
looks healthy and lovely colour
Lovely pakodas dear!!!!!
Wow,these fritters seem to have a huge audience!!
Jaya and Ushnish,I will surely try out your suggestions/methods 🙂