Palak (Spinach) Pakoda

Sep 30, 2009

Hi Friends, How are you all? Hope you had a wonderful Navarathi (Dasara). I know I’ve been irregular these days. I was busy with some personal works, so I couldn’t concentrate on my blog for a long time. I apologize for not visiting your blogs and commenting. I will do that soon.

For this navarathri I prepared some goodies as usual. Actually I prepared all these for a pot luck party that we enjoyed recently. We had a nice gathering on the eve of Navarathris. Palak pakoda is one of those goodies. This is a very easy snack that tastes so great.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Spinach, chopped into fine pieces
• 2 cups Chickpea Flour (Senagapindi, Besan)
• 1 small Onion, chopped fine or lengthwise (Optional)
• Some Green Chilies
• A pinch of Soda
• Few Cilantro leaves (Optional)
• Salt
• Oil to deep fry

Preparation:

Mix together all the ingredients except oil to make a thick paste. Don’t add too much water. Keep aside.

Pour oil in a pan and when it is hot take small portions of the batter and drop carefully into the hot oil. Deep fry until they turn into golden brown in color. Then transfer them into a plate lined with paper towel to remove excess oil.

Repeat the same process with rest of the batter. Transfer all the deep fried pakodas into a serving plate and enjoy with desired sauce or dip.

Here are the other goodies I prepared on the occasion of Navarathris.

Paalakaayalu (Rice Balls) – Recipe can be found here.

Pesara (Mung Dal) Vadalu – Recipe is coming soon.

Vermicelli Paayasam (Kheer) - Forgot to take picture.

For last year’s Dasara I made Date Laddus that I posted long back.