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Hot Apple and Orange Pakoras With Herbs
More at onecreativekitchen.blogspot.com Ingredients
- Apples : 2
- Oranges: 2
- Chickpea Flour : 1 cup
- Rice Flour : 2 tsp
- Salt : 1/2 tsp or to taste
- Paprika: 1/4 tsp
- Black Pepper: 1/4 tsp
- Chat masala: 1/2 tsp
- Grated ginger: 1tsp
- Parsley flakes: 1/2 tsp
- Basil flakes: 1/2 tsp
- Rosemary : 1/4 tsp
- Dill flakes: 1/4 tsp
- Baking Powder : 1/4tsp
- Water : 3/4 cup
- Cooking oil: 1 cup
- Tamarind and Tomato sauce for serving
Directions
- Wash and pat dry the apples with kitchen towel.
- Cut the fruits into wedges with a sharp knife or with apple slicer.
- In a medium bowl take chickpea flour (besan), rice flour.
- Mix well, add spices and herbs to taste plus baking powder.
- Slowly stir in enough water until the mixture reaches the consistency of whipping cream.
- Beat the batter well and set aside to coat the fruits.
- In a heavy bottomed pan/skillet on the stove, heat oil.
- Check the temperature of the oil by dropping a small drop of the batter in the oil.
- If the oil is ready and hot, coat the apple wedge with the batter and drop it one by one in the hot oil.
- Fry on medium heat till it turns golden brown from both sides.
- Keep the wedges on the paper towel to soak the excess oil.
- Repeat the process for orange and banana wedges by frying few at a time until the entire material is used.
- Serve it straight from the pan to the platter with sweet tomato and tamarind chutney for dipping the wedges.
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