Bread Pakoda

Ingredients:
4 slices of Bread
1 cup Bengal Gram flour/ Besan flour/ Kadle hudi
2 tsp Rice flour/Akki hudi
Pinch of Asafoetida powder/Hingu
Pinch of Garam Masala
10 Cumin seeds
1/4 tsp Chilly powder
Salt to taste
2-3 Green Chillies
5 - 6 strands of Coriander leaves
Oil

Recipe:
Remove thick sides of bread slices and cut them into medium sized pieces as shown in the picture below. Keep them in a microwave for about 30 seconds and keep it aside for about 2-3 mins.(optional)

Chop coriander leaves, green chillies into small pieces as shown in the picture below.

Add rice flour, bengalgram flour, asafotida powder, cumin seeds, garam masala, chilly powder, salt,  chopped green chillies, coriander leaves in a vessel.

Mix them well by adding sufficient amount of water. (Don't make the batter too thin.)

Keep oil in a thick bottomed vessel and heat it. Take each piece of bread, dip it in batter and deep fry it in oil.

Serve hot along with tomato ketchup. This recipe is from Manjula's kitchen. Thanks for the recipe.

Bread Masala

Ingredients:

8 Bread slices

1 medium sized Onion

1 medium sized Tomato

1-2 Green Chillies

1-2 tsp Frozen Green Peas or Cashew nuts

4-5 strands of Coriander leaves

2-3 drops of Lemon Juice

1/4 - 1/2 tsp Garam Masala

1/4 tsp Mustard seeds

2 tsp Oil / Ghee

Pinch of Salt

Recipe:

Remove thick sides of bread slices and cut them into small pieces as shown in the picture below.

Put 2 tsp ghee/oil in a pan and fry chopped bread pieces for about 4-5 mins in medium flame.

Chop onion, tomato into medium sized thin pieces, cut green chilly into two pieces as shown in the picture below. 

Put mustard seeds, 1 tsp oil in a thick bottomed vessel/pan. Once it starts spluttering, add green chillies, chopped onion, frozen green peas. Fry them for about 4-5 mins in medium flame until onion turns golden in color. Add chopped tomatoes, pinch of salt, garam masala and fry them for about 4-5 mins in medium flame. 

Add fried bread pieces and mix well. Keep the masala in low flame for about 1-2 mins.

Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot.