Monday, January 9, 2012

Crispy Egg pakoda....

This snack is quite famous in Mumbai streets.You can prepare this for your parties  or just have it like your evening snack.Goes well with sweet and sour mint chutney or with tomato chilly sauce.I prepared this for my son's birthday party and it was a hit.It goes well for your cocktail parties....Easy,quick and tasty too.



Ingredients:
  1. Egg-5(hard boiled)
  2. Besan(chikpea flour)-1/4 kg
  3. green chilly- 2-3
  4. coriander-2tsp(coarsely ground)
  5. cumin(jeera)- 1tsp
  6. chilly powder-1/2tsp
  7. coriander leaves-2tsp(chopped)
  8. soda-bi-carbonate - a small pinch
  9. salt to taste
  10. oil for deep frying.


Method:
  • Hard boil the eggs and keep it aside to cool.
  • In the meantime mix all the ingredients from no 2-9 in a deep bowl adding little water to make a smooth paste.Paste should be thick.
  • After that cut the each egg into 4 halves.
  • Heat the oil into kadai or deep frying pan 
  • Now dip the eggs in a besan mixture and drop it in a hot oil.
Note:If you want that nice crispy pakoda then 1st fry the pakoda for a few mins or till the outside batter is  properly cooked.Take the pakoda out of the oil.Finish frying all the pakoda the same way.Then immediately re-fry the pakoda in the  that same oil till crisp.



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