Pattanam Pakoda Recipe | Medhu Pakoda Recipe
Pattanam Pakoda, a very popular street side snack in Chennai and many cities of TamilNadu. Crispy outside, soft inside this pakoda is so tasty and mouth-watering. Serve with hot tea/coffee and enjoy this delicious snack!
Servings: 15 Pakoda
Calories: 214kcal
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- Mixer Grinder
- Heavy Bottomed Pan
Ingredients
- ⅓ Cup Rice Flour 1 Cup - 250ml
- ⅓ Cup Gram Flour (Besan / Chickpea Flour)
- ⅓ Cup Roasted Gram Dal (Pottukadalai / Dhaliya)
- 1 tablespoon Ghee
- 1 Pinch Baking Soda
- 1 nos Onion Thinly Sliced
- 1 Green Chili Finely Chopped
- 1 inch Ginger Finely Chopped
- Few Curry leaves
- 1 tablespoon Coriander Leaves
- ½ teaspoon Red Chili Powder
- 1 teaspoon Salt Adjust As Needed
- 2 Cups Oil For Deep Frying
Instructions
Grinding Roasted Gram
- Take Roasted gram in a mixer jar and grind it to smooth powder
Preparing Pakoda Mixture
- In a mixing bowl, add ghee and baking soda. Beat well with a whisk till the ghee is combined well with the baking soda
- Add rice flour, besan, ground roasted gram flour to the ghee mixture. Using finger tips mix the flours nicely with the ghee+baking soda mixture
- Now, add salt, red chili powder, chopped ginger, green chili, curry leaves and coriander leaves.
- Add sliced onions and mix everything well. Add water little by little and start mixing the flours
- The flours gets nicely mixed with onions and other spices and becomes like a roti dough.
- Make small lemon size balls out of the pakoda mixture. Pakoda dumplings are ready to get deep fried
Deep Frying Process
- Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan. When the oil is hot enough, gently drop 3-4 pakoda balls in the oil
- Deep fry the pakoda's in low-medium flame till the pakodas' become golden brown and crispy.
- Repeat the process and fry the rest of the pakodas'
Serving Time
- Serve the crispy Pattanam Pakoda with hot tea/coffee and enjoy this delicious snack!
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Nutrition
Serving: 1Pakoda | Calories: 214kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 18g