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Medu Pakoda Recipe / Medu Pakora Recipe

January 23, 2015 By Aarthi 7 Comments

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Hot pakoras with a steaming cup of chai is what everyone need on a perfect evening or a cold winter day. But i like to have it anytime of the day, specially this is one is just yummy. It is crispy, soft and hot.

Similar Recipe,
Methi Pakora
Veg Pakora
Carrot Pakora
Onion Pakora
Cabbage Pakora
Pakora taste great with,
Cardamom Chai
Masala Chai
Mint Chai
Hope you will like this and let me know how it turns out for you..

Preparation Time : 15 mins
Cooking Time : 1 to 2 mins per batch
Serves : 6 to 8

Ingredients:
Onions – 4 large peeled and sliced thinly
Green Chilli – 5 to 10 sliced thinly
Curry leaves – a big handful
Ginger – 4 cm piece
Garlic 10 cloves
Roasted Gram Dal / Pottu Kadalai – 3/4 cup
Gram Flour / Kadalai Mavu – 3/4 cup
Salt to taste
Oil for Deep frying
Method:
Grind ginger garlic together to a coarse mix. Grind roasted gram dal to a fine powder.
Take onions, chillies, curry leaves, salt and use your hands to mix really well. This releases the water from the onions.
Add in the gram dal powder and gram flour and mix well till it is thick and dough like.
Heat oil for deep frying.
Drop in small portions of dough and fry till golden on both sides.
Drain and set aside.
Serve hot.

Pictorial:
Take all your ingredients

Take roasted gram dal in a blender

make it into a fine powder

take garlic and ginger in a blender

grind it to a coarse mix

now peel your onion

i used a mandolin to slice the onions

slice it pretty thinly

add some salt

and green chillies

and a good amount of curry leaves

add in ginger garlic paste

use your hands to rub everything together

this release the water from the onions

add in the roasted gram dal powder

add in gram flour

add very little water

knead it to a stiff mixture

Heat oil for deep frying

drop small portion of dough in hot oil

deep fry till golden

fry till it gets golden

drain and serve

enjoy hot crispy pakora
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About Aarthi

Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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  1. jiyaa eman

    January 23, 2015 at 11:54 am

    Its a boiled white chana paste ? Or dry white chana powder ?

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  2. Aarthi

    January 23, 2015 at 12:13 pm

    @jiyaa emanIt is roasted gram dal, pottu kadalai / pori kadalai / chana dalia

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  3. AJ

    January 23, 2015 at 12:22 pm

    How different is the "dalia/ roasted gram dal" powder from besan? I have hard time finding dalia, and don't wish to peel skin of chana one by one.

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  4. Aarthi

    January 24, 2015 at 4:49 am

    @AJDalia powder is more fine and it gives the soft texture..

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  5. Unknown

    April 23, 2017 at 3:00 pm

    Which mixer do you user to grind ginger garlic paste / make very small amount of wet masala? I end up hvign to add water and it feels thinner paste then.

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