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VARIPINDI PAKODI

INGREDIENTS

Varipindi [ rice flour ] – 2 cups

Curd – 1 1/2 cup for mixing rice flour [sour curd]

Onion – 4 medium size cut into cubes

Green chillies – 8

Finely chopped ginger – 2 tbsp

Finely chopped curry leaved – few

Salt to taste

Cooking soda – a big pinch

Oil for deep frying

METHOD

  1. Mash ginger and green chillies in a mortar and pestle to a coarse paste.
  2. Take a bowl. Add rice flour, onions, curry leaves, salt, cooking soda, ginger and green chilli paste.
  3. Mix well. Gradually, add curd and mix well and keep it aside.
  4. If the mixture is too dry, add 1 to 2 tbsp of curd.
  5. Heat oil in a pan. When the oil is hot enough regulate flame to medium.
  6. Take a small amount of dough and make small pakodi with your fingers and slide them gently in the oil.
  7. Fry them on medium flame till they are golden brown. Be patient and use medium heat. Otherwise, the pakodis will fry on the outside and remain raw on the inside.
  8. Fry them till they become crisp and golden.
  9. Using slotted spoon remove pakodi from the oil and place them on a kitchen napkin to remove excess oil.
  10. Continue to make more pakodis in batches with the rest of the dough.
  11. Serve hot with chinthakaya pachadi.