Cabbage Pakoda

Ingredients:

1/4 Cabbage

1 small Onion

3-4 tsp Rice flour/Akki hudi

3-4 tsp Bengalgram flour/Besan flour/Kadle hudi

Pinch of Asafotida powder/Hingu

Salt to taste

10-12 Cumin seeds / Jeera

1/2 tsp Chilly powder

Oil

Recipe:

Chop cabbage, onion into small pieces and put them in a vessel.

Add rice flour, bengalgram flour, asafotida powder, salt, chilly powder, cumin seeds to the same vessel. Mix them well by adding sufficient amount of water. (Don't make the batter too thin.)

Keep oil in a thick bottommed vessel and heat it. Take little amount of prepared batter and put it in oil. Fry both the sides of cabbage pakoda untill it turns to golden in color. Serve hot along with tomato ketchup or any chutney. The above mentioned ingredients will serve 10-12 cabbage pakodas.

Gobi Manchurian (Restaurant (Hotel) Style - No MSG, No Food Colour) | ಗೋಬಿ ಮಂಚೂರಿಯನ್ (ಹೋಟೆಲ್ ಸ್ಟೈಲ್)

Deep fried crispy Cauliflower tossed with Indo Chinese flavours!

Ingredients:

1 large Cauliflower  (Gobi)  |  ಹೂಕೋಸು 

1/4 tsp Turmeric powder  |  ಅರಶಿನ ಹುಡಿ

1 cup Corn flour  |  ಜೋಳದ ಹುಡಿ 

1 cup Rice flour  |  ಅಕ್ಕಿ ಹುಡಿ 

1 Tbs All Purpose flour  |  ಮೈದಾ ಹುಡಿ

1.5 - 2 tsp Chilly powder  |  ಮೆಣಸಿನ ಹುಡಿ 

Pinch of Asafoetida  |  ಚಿಟಿಕೆ ಇಂಗು

Salt to taste  |  ರುಚಿಗೆ ತಕ್ಕಷ್ಟು ಉಪ್ಪು

1 small Onion  |  ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ 

1/2 Capsicum  |  ದೊಣ್ಣೆ ಮೆಣಸಿನಕಾಯಿ 

1/4 inch sized Ginger  |  ಶುಂಠಿ 

4 flakes of Garlic  |  ಬೆಳ್ಳುಳ್ಳಿ 

3 tsp Tomato sauce  |  ಟೊಮೇಟೊ ಸಾಸ್ 

1 - 2 tsp Red Chilly sauce  |  ಚಿಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾಸ್

1/2 tsp Soya sauce  |  ಸೋಯಾ ಸಾಸ್ 

1 tsp Sugar (Optional)  | ಸಕ್ಕರೆ (ಬೇಕಿದ್ದರೆ ಮಾತ್ರ)

6 - 8 strands of Coriander leaves  |  ಕೊತ್ತಂಬರಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪು

Oil  |  ಎಣ್ಣೆ 

Recipe:
Separate the cauliflower florets. 

Put Water (around 1.5 Ltr), Salt, Turmeric powder in a vessel and heat. Add the Cauliflower florets and bring it to boil. Drain the water and keep them aside.

Cut it into small pieces as shown in the picture below.

Put 2-3 tsp oil in a thick bottomed vessel. Add chopped cauliflower and fry them for about 4-5 mins in medium flame.

Add Rice flour, Corn flour, All Purpose flour, Chilly powder, Pinch of Asafoetida and salt in a vessel. Mix them well by adding sufficient amount of water(Around 1/2 cup). Don't make the batter too thin. Add cauliflower chunks and mix well.

Keep oil in a thick bottomed vessel and heat it. Put each cauliflower pieces one by one init hot oil and deep fry until it becomes crispy.

Grate (chop) the Ginger Garlic into small pieces as shown in the picture below. Chop Onion and Capsicum into medium sized thin pieces as shown in the picture below.

Add 1.5 tsp corn flour and 1/4 cup of water in a bowl, mix it well and keep it aside. 

Put 4 tsp oil in a thick bottomed vessel and heat. Add ginger garlic mix/paste and fry them for about 2-3 mins in low flame. Add chopped onion and fry them for about 2-3 mins. Add chopped capsicum, salt and fry them for about 2-3 mins.

Add corn flour water and fry them for about 1-2 mins. 

Add Tomato sauce, Chilly sauce, Soya sauce and fry them for about 1-2 mins. 

Add fried cauliflower and mix well. 

Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and mix well.

Serve hot along with tomato ketchup.

Tips (ಸಲಹೆ): 

 * Sautéing the Cauliflower pieces in little oil before deep frying will enhance the flavour 

 * Boiling the Cauliflower pieces in Turmeric, Salt Water will remove the Worms & Pesticides 

* To make the Gobi Manchurian crispy, cut the Cauliflower into small pieces & use the proportion of flours as described in the Ingredients section and fry in medium flame till they become crispy

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 * ಹೂಕೋಸಿನ ತುಂಡುಗಳನ್ನು ಎಣ್ಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹುರಿಯುವ ಮುಂಚೆ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಹುರಿದುಕೊಳ್ಳುವದರಿಂದ ಪರಿಮಳ ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗುತ್ತದೆ

 * ಹೂಕೋಸಿನ ತುಂಡುಗಳನ್ನು ಅರಶಿನ, ಉಪ್ಪು ನೀರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಕುದಿಸುವುದರಿಂದ ಅದರಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಹುಳಗಳು ಸಾಯುತ್ತದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಕೀಟನಾಶಕಗಳನ್ನು ತೆಗೆಯುತ್ತದೆ

 * ಗೋಬಿ ಮಂಚೂರಿ ಕರು-ಕುರು ಇರಲು, ಹೂಕೋಸನ್ನು ಸಣ್ಣಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿ, ಪಾಕ ವಿಧಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಿದ ಅಳತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹುಡಿಗಳನ್ನು ಹಾಕಿ ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಉರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕರು-ಕುರು ಆಗುವ ತನಕ ಕರಿಯಿರಿ