BEETROOT PAKODA I BEETROOT FRITTERS

Hi friends, I know most of us love deep fried foods, is it?? Yeah! I too love deep fried snacks, but due to health conscious most of us controlling ourselves, but some extent we couldn't control…So I add healthy ingredient to it at least, it has little amount of nutritious..;)

I want to prepare onion pakodas, I love pakodas all the time, Divya Pramil from You Too Can Cook offered me Keerai Pakoda as her guest post in myspace . It was so appealing and am yet to try those pakodas with keerai. But now I prepared with beetroot, yes! Beetroot Pakoda, it will be good colourful, scrumptious and crispy pakoda…

We all enjoyed the pakodas and even kids too love this much.

Category	Appetizers/Snacks
Regional	Indian
Preparation Time	10 Minutes
Cooking Time	15 Minutes
Servings	5

INGREDIENTS

Besan Flour – ½ Cup

Rice Flour – ¼ Cup

Cumin Seeds – 1 Tsp

Hing – 1 Tsp

Red Chilli Powder – 1-2 Tsp  

Ginger – 1 Tsp finely chopped

Green Chillies – 2 finely chopped

Curry Leaves – few

Onion – 3 finely chopped

Beet root – 1 Cup grated

Salt – As per taste

Baking Soda – 1/8 Tsp (Optional)

Oil – To deep fry

METHOD

• Take a wide bowl; add all the ingredients except baking soda and oil knead it well, if you add baking soda add 1/8 Tsp with 1 Tbsp of water and add it to the mixture and mix it well.
• Heat enough oil in a pan medium to high flame.
• Pinch small amount of dough into the hot oil and deep fry medium to high flame until turns crispy.

• Take it from the pan and keep it in tissue paper and serve it hot with your lunch or have as Tea Time Snacks.

NOTE

• Baking soda is purely optional, it adds to get soft inside.
• Hing is recommended, because besan flour may cause acidity so hing will relieve the effect.
• Water is not need, as water content from beetroot and onion is enough to make correct consistency dough. 

CRISPY, SCRUMPTIOUS AND COLORFUL BEETROOT PAKODA!!!