Pattanam Pakoda

Pattanam pakoda is a deep fried south Indian street food snack made with gram flour, rice flour, powdered roasted gram dal, onion, green chilly, garlic, curry leaves and spices.. Deep fried pattanam pakoda is very tasty, crispy and crunchy outside and soft inside.The following ingredients are needed to prepare Pattanam Pakoda.

Ingredients:
Gram flour/ Besan.-3/4 cup
Rice flour.              -1/2 cup
Roasted gram dal powdered.-1/2 cup
Onion.                    -1
Red chilly powder. -1/2 tsp
Hing powder.          -1 tsp
Ginger.                    -1/2 inch piece
Garlic cloves.          -2
Green chilly.            -2
Fennel seeds.           -1/2 tsp
Curry leaves.           -few
Coriander leaves.     -few
Baking soda.            -1/4 tsp
Water.                       -as needed
Salt.                          -to taste
Ghee.                        -2 tbsp
Oil.                -for deep frying

Instructions:
In a mixer grinder grind roasted gram dal (pottukadala) to a smooth powder and keep aside the powdered roasted gram dal .

2). Coarsely crush together ginger, garlic, green chilly and fennel seeds in a mortar and pestle. Keep aside the coarsely crushed ginger garlic green chilly fennel seeds mixture.

3). Finely chop onion, curry leaves and coriander leaves. Keep aside.

Method:
1). In a mixing bowl add 2 tbsp ghee and 1/4 tsp baking soda and mix together for 2 minutes using your fingers and make a soft cream.

2). Add 3/4 cup gram flour (besan), 1/2 cup rice flour, 1/2 cup powdered roasted gram dal (pottukadala podi) and required salt into the mixing bowl and mix with creamed ghee.

3). Add coarsely crushed ginger garlic green chilly fennel seeds mixture into the mixing bowl and mix well.

4). Add finely chopped onion, red chilly powder, hing powder (asafoetida), finely chopped curry leaves and finely chopped coriander leaves into the mixing bowl and mix with the flour mixture.

5). Sprinkle required water little by little into the mixing bowl and knead the flour mixture and make a medium thick dough.

6). Take a small lemon size portion of the dough and keep it in between your palm and roll it into small round ball. Repeat the process and make small dough balls with the remaining dough and keep them on a plate.

7). Heat enough oil in a deep frying kadai. Once the oil is hot drop the prepared small dough balls in hot oil. Deep fry them in batches on medium flame until golden brown.

8). Once done remove the deep fried dough balls from hot oil using a slotted spoon and transfer to a tissue paper  to absorb excess oil.

Very tasty and crispy deep fried Pattanam Pakoda is ready to serve as a snack.