Dear Viewers! This is an interesting twist in making fritters using lady's fingers/Okra/vendaikkai It is tested and presented here. Yield: 3 servings as an evening snack with tea or coffee. Ingredients: Raw rice flour 20 g Besan flour 100 g Oil to fry 300 ml Lady's fingers 6 nos(Fresh and young) Red chilly powder 1/2 tsp Hing or asafoetida one pinch or 1/4 Tsp Salt 1/2 Tsp Cooking Soda 1/4 Tsp Water as required 250 ml Ajwain seeds for an easy digestion and taste Procedure: Mix the raw rice flour, besan flour, salt, red chilly powder, cooking soda and hing in a dry bowl. Mix well using a spoon. Add water and make bajji batter consistency. Add ajwain and mix well. Chop the lady's fingers lengthwise into two chunks after cutting the two ends. Heat the oil to deep-frying temperature. Now dip the lady's finger chunk into the batter and drop gently in the oil. Make four fritters per batch repeating the same. Allow to deep-fry until the fritters fried evenly. Drain the excess oil from fritters. Collect them on tissue papers to absorb the excess oil, Repeat the process to exhaust the remaining batter. Now the delicious fritters/bajjies are ready to enjoy with hot tea! Do refer the video tutorials:
Irukeerai kootu/Double greens kootu is an authentic Kongu dish. Sparing in its use of greens, this dish relies on the high nutrient value of Vitamin A, C and K, magnesium iron and manganese in the greens. The greens strengthen our bones, eyesight and boost our immune system. They promote our heart health. Vitamin C in spinach is known to have the ability to prevent wrinkles and prenatal health problems and cardiovascular diseases. The Greens keeps us energized for our day to day work schedules. When they cooked with lentils, they make an amazing food.
How to make this amazing dish?
It is easy to make using the simple method and this dish is irresistible!
Ingredients:
Salt half a spoon
Green chillies 2
Curry leaves 10
Onion one chopped
Mustard seeds half a tsp
Tomato half
Ivy gourd leaves 100 g
Indian Spinach 12 leaves
Dal 100 gm Masoor dal or toor dal 100 g( I used masoor dal for this dish)
Peanut oil one tablespoon
Procedure:
Wash and rinse masoor dal with required water and cook with turmeric half a tsp and castor oil 2 drops to mashed consistency.
Wash the greens and chop them using scissors.
Chop the onion.
Heat the oil in a pan.
Add mustard seeds to splutter
Add onion, green chillies and curry leaves
Saute the onion until it turns translucent.
Add tomato dices and saute for two seconds.
Then add greens and half a tsp of turmeric.
Saute for five seconds.
Transfer the cooked dal contents one cup and add salt.
Stir continuously to incorporate the greens and dal.
Let bubbling for five seconds.
Fill the serving bowl.
Ready.
Serve with hot steamed rice, topped with our staple ghee to make this meal rich and flavourful.
Do watch the video tutorials of This Double green kootu in Youtube channel!