For week two of Mega Marathon, the theme is Indian states. While most of my blogger friends have opted to do thalis for six Indian states, I went for easy dishes. At first I wanted to opt out of this mega marathon and I even sent a mail to Valli.I have told you so many times that this is a great group and we call ourselves as the BM Family and it is 200% true. I was feeling so low and depressed and I opted out of BM. But you know what, I got a phone call from Vaishali, lovingly called as the Princy. She talked me out of my depression. I felt so good after the half an hour talk and from next day started my BM preparations. She even made sure that I am cooking by asking me updates daily. I really wanted this type of support which doesn’t come from other family members except hubby. I feel blessed to be part of this group and I am so glad I could participate even though with simpler dishes.
When I decided to make simple dishes for the Indian states theme, I wanted to go with sub theme. Even simple things need order, right? So this week you will be seeing authentic savoury snacks from all over India. The first dish I wanted to make was the Sindhi dish Sanna Pakora. This was a dish I missed making for Indian Cooking Challenge and found that this is a great opportunity to try it. This pakora is made with besan and the speciality of this is it is double fried. So it is super crispy and absolutely yum! For this whole week you will be seeing deep fried food and make sure to drool over it. And if it is intense, then try it immediately. You can serve it with a chutney of your choice. I loved it as it is…
Recipe Source: Sindhi Rasoi
Ingredients:
Besan / Chickpea Flour -1 cup
Onion-1
Coriander LEaves-2 tbs
Cumin Seeds-1 tsp
Anardhana Seeds-1 tsp
Coriander Seeds-1 tsp
Green Chilly-2
Salt-to taste
Red Chilly Powder-1/2 tsp
Hot Oil-2 tbs
Baking Soda-a pinch
Oil-to deep fry
Procedure:
Heat oil in a frying pan.
In a bowl mix together besan, onion, green chillies, coriander leaves, cumin and anardhana seeds, salt, red chilly powder and baking soda.
Add enough water to make a thick batter.
Add hot oil and mix well.
Take tablespoon full of batter and drop in hot oil.
Fry until lightly brown.
Drain oil and place on plate.
After finishing all the batter, break the fried pakoras into two or three pieces.
Drop in oil again and fry until nicely browned.
Drain oil and transfer to a serving plate.
Serve hot with chutney of your choice.
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Sindhi Sanna Pakora
Ingredients
Ingredients
- Besan / Chickpea Flour -1 cup
- Onion-1
- Coriander LEaves-2 tbs
- Cumin Seeds-1 tsp
- Anardhana Seeds-1 tsp
- Coriander Seeds-1 tsp
- Green Chilly-2
- Salt-to taste
- Red Chilly Powder-1/2 tsp
- Hot Oil-2 tbs
- Baking Soda-a pinch
- Oil-to deep fry
Instructions
Procedure
- Heat oil in a frying pan.
- In a bowl mix together besan, onion, green chillies, coriander leaves, cumin and anardhana seeds, salt, red chilly powder and baking soda.
- Add enough water to make a thick batter.
- Add hot oil and mix well.
- Take tablespoon full of batter and drop in hot oil.
- Fry until lightly brown.
- Drain oil and place on plate.
- After finishing all the batter, break the fried pakoras into two or three pieces.
- Drop in oil again and fry until nicely browned.
- Drain oil and transfer to a serving plate.
- Serve hot with chutney of your choice.
looks yum! perfect for any time 🙂
Gayathri you are one person i find with lots of patience and truly i admire you , we are a family and if one is sad we all feel sad , so its our duty to take care of each other.
The sanna pakoras are a treat and you have mastered them beautifully .They look wonderful.
you have made them so nicely Gayathri!!! you are so amazing..
I wanted to make these for ICC but could not. Glad you are participating and does not matter even the recipes are simple.
Come on Gayathri who said these are simple recipes each and every recipe till date you posted is a unique one and so beautifully presented. Now this one I feel like grab that plate with that delicious looking green chutney, mouthwatering yaar…
Couldnt make this double fried pakoras for ICC coz of my India trip, very crispy pakoras Gayathri.. Trust me u are far better than me, keep watching my posts Gayathri, u are doing wonderful job than me.
Gayathri, I was so happy when you said you will join us back..I knew Vaishali can do magic..:)…and so glad you finally made these…Sanna pakoras are so delicious!
Gayatri between you and me we have kept Princy busy have we not? We are indeed blessed to have such a beautiful family…
Coming to your pakora its yum. Its raining here and chai and pakora sounds so yum.
Irresistible and tempting pakoras.
the clicks are awesome Gayathri!!! so tempting and so drool worthy…
Glad you participated and created all these yummy dishes. As you may noticed, I am commenting in the reverse order and enjoyed all your deep fried snacks.