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Mushroom Pakoda
DESCRIPTION
This is an irresistible crunchy snack made of mushrooms. Ideal to have with your afternoon cup of tea or coffee.
METHOD
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup besan
- Mushrooms chopped small pieces
- 2 Onions chopped finely
- 2 chillies chopped
- Salt to taste
- A generous pinch of Asafoetida
- A Squeeze of Lemon juice
- Water to make batter
- Oil enough for deep frying
- First, mix water with besan flour such that the batter is not too thick nor too thin. Remove lumps while whisking the batter
- Add salt to taste and pinch of asafoetida into the batter
- Add chopped chillies into the batter
- Add squeeze of lemon juice into this mixture
- Add mushrooms and onions into the batter and mix well
- Turn on the stove, place wok on the stove and add oil for deep frying.
- Allow time for the oil to heat (To find if the oil has been heated or not, sprinkle a little bit of the battered mixture into the oil and if that floats at the top then it means that the oil has been heated.
- Take spoonfuls of this batter into oil for frying. Add only a few spoonfuls at a time so that they don’t stick together.
- Make sure that both sides of the pakoda has turned golden brown and remove. Repeat steps 8 and 9 for rest of the batter.
- Serve as a snack ideally with tea or coffee
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