For the final day of Blogging Marathon #23 under the theme – Pakodi Masti, I had prepared a crunchy pakoda but then suddenly I remembered this one in the drafts. Mom had made this several months ago and I had clicked it and forgot about it. This morning, out of the blue this name struck me and so here I am with this recipe.
Pakodas need not always be a snack. They can be added to kadi’s like we did in the Punjabi Kadi Pakoda for ICC.And also it can be added to plain yogurt for a quick side dish to go with flavored rice…..
Mom Used
For pakoda
Besan – 1/4 cup
Rice flour – 2 tablespoons
Onion- 1 small, finely chopped
Curry leaves- a few,chopped
Chili powder- 1/2 teaspoon
Asafoetida powder- a pinch
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying
Curd / yogurt- 2 cups
Salt to taste
For seasoning
Oil- 1 teaspoon
Mustard- 1 teaspoon
Cumin seeds -1/2 teaspoon
Curry leaves – a few
- Whisk the curd with salt and keep aside.The yogurt must be fresh. Refrigerate till ready to use.
- Take all the ingredients for pakoda in a bowl.Add water little by little and prepare the dough for pakoda.
- Heat oil and drop small pieces of it and deep fry till golden brown.
- Drain and keep aside.
- When ready to serve, drop the pakodas into the whisked curd
- Heat oil for seasoning.Put in mustard , cumin and curry leaves.When the mustard crackles, pour over the curd.
- Mix well and serve
Note:
- This should not be prepared in advance. Keep everything ready and put everything together just before serving.
- Any type of pakoda can be used for this.
- The pakodas will absorb the yogurt and thicken,so keep some fresh curd ready so that you can mix it in and get the right consistency.
- For a different flavor and texture, grind a tablespoon of coconut, green chilli and a piece of ginger and add to the yogurt.
very intelligent and interesting recipe indeed
Nice idea, PJ. When you add the coconut green chilli mixture to curd, it must taste a little like thair vadai, right?
Very tempting
oh that is nice pachadi!! unique and interesting!!
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I like your pakoda raita..very tasty.
Pakora raita looks yummy.
This sounds interesting…though have not had this before…bookmarked!!
Very interesting raita,goes awesome as side dish with pulao.
Interesting recipe.Looks delicious!!
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Nice idea 🙂
Pakodas in any forms are my favourite!..sounds very interesting..I guess you drop it just before serving..very neat!
another interesting pakoda!
yummy n delicious…
Oh that is interesting 🙂
Very creative…love the idea!
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My mom makes chile ka raita which can be a healthy substitutes for pakora, do try that. 🙂
Yummy looking pakoda raita. Never thought of adding pakodas to raita.
Raita with Pakodas can imagine how they taste with that coconut and green chilli flavor mouthwatering.
Pakoda Raita is absolutely new to me.
thanks for sharing.
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