Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Banana Pakora



Banana Pakora or Banana Pakodi


  • 2 Green Bananas 
  • 1 cup Besan flour
  • 2cup Oil (for deep fry)
  • 1/2ts Red Chilly Powder
  • pinch of Baking Soda
  • 1/2 ts Coriander Powder
  • Salt
  • Wate
 here is my banana pakora pic
  • First slice the bananas into round shape or which shape you like .
  • take a bowl  add the besan flour,salt, red chilly powder,coriander powder and baking soda .
  • mix all together .
  • add some water to make a paste(if u dip a spoon into that paste it will coat like apple with chocolate) .
  • taste the paste if you want to add some salt or spicy just add now otherwise no need to
  • add the banana slices in to the above paste .
  • heat the oil in the frying pan and deep fry the banana slices until it will get golden brown color.
  • take off the banana slice form oil and garnish with ounces and lime .
  • eat when they are hot .

Pumpkin Curry with Brinjal

My mom makes this dish with pumpkin,brinjal, better melon, indian beans etc.this is also called kalegura, it means mixed vegetable curry .it tastes like carrot curry .but when we use some better melon,brinjal  to make this dish it will taste different .it is good for health .  today i am using  pumpkin and brinjal only .

Ingredients for this dish
  •  pumpkin(cut pieces)
  • Brinjal(pieces)
  • curry leaves 
  • green chillies
  • 1 medium onions
  • 1/2 ts ginger garlic paste 
  • turmeric powder
  • 1/2ts coriander powder
  • red chili powder
  • garam masala (optinal)
  • coriander leaves 
  • salt (as u r taste)
  • 1/2 ts cumin seeds
  • 1/2 ts urad dal
  • 1/2ts mustard seeds
take 3 or 4 ts of oil in the pan . add mustard seeds,cumin seeds,urad dal when they splitter, add green chillies ,onions and curry leaves when they get slight brown add ginger garlic paste and turmeric powder ofter that add bringal pieces and sprinkle little bit of salt and finally add cut pieces of pumpkin .just cook it  5 min with out lid . pumpkin is cook easily so no need to cover it . add coriander powder ,chilli powder and mix it well . you can see that bringal and pumpkin get cooked at right consistency then add garam masala and coriander leaves. check the taste . ready to serve  with rice or chepathi .