Aval pakoda recipe
Aval Pakoda is a crispy South Indian snack made using aval (poha or flattened rice), gram flour (besan), onions, and spices. The poha is soaked and mixed with chopped onions, green chilies, curry leaves, and spices, then deep-fried into golden fritters. It’s a quick and tasty tea-time snack, perfect for rainy days.
Ingredients
- Poha | aval 2 cups (medium thin flakes)
- Potato 2 meidum sized
- Onion 2
- Coriander leaves 3 tblsp
- Red chili powder 1 tsp
- Salt as needed
- Plain flour or besan flour or rice flour 2 tblsp
- Oil for deep frying
Instructions
- Cut the onions into very finely.
- Boil the potatoes and mash it well.
- Ensure the potatoes are cooked very well.
- Wash the poha and drain it completely.
- Transfer the poha to a wide bowl.
- Add the chopped onions, salt, red chilli powder and coriander leaves.
- Mix it nicely.
- Now add the plain flour to this.
- If the mixture is too moist add little extra flour.
- Do not add any water to the mixture.
- The water oozed out from the onions is enough to make balls.
- Grease your hands with oil and make lemon sized balls.
- While making the balls ,do it very tightly.
- Heat oil in a kadai for deep frying the pakoda balls.
- Let the oil be in a medium heat while you are frying them.
- Else the inside of the pakodas will remain uncooked.
- Fry the pakodas in batches.
- Once done drain the excess oil in a kitchen towel.
- Serve hot with tomato ketchup or green chutney.
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