RIBBON PAKODA

Name: Ribbon pakoda
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1 cup Gram Flour/Besan; 1 cup Rice Flour; 7-8 Garlic cloves; 1 tbsp Butter; ¼ tsp Chilli powder; ⅛ tsp Hing powder (Asafoetida)

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Ribbon pakoda

An easy tea time snack prepared using gram flour/besan. There are different variations of ribbon pakoda, each carrying its own taste. A healthy snack for kids. can be stored in air tight container for weeks.

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

Course Snack

Cuisine Indian

Ingredients

1 cup Gram Flour/Besan
1 cup Rice Flour
7-8 Garlic cloves
1 tbsp Butter
¼ tsp Chilli powder
⅛ tsp Hing powder (Asafoetida)

Instructions

Sieve rice flour and gram flour and discard the lumps that follow. Transfer the flours to a vessel.
Grind garlic with ¼tsp chilli powder, ⅛tsp of asafoetida and a tbsp of rice flour to fine paste by adding water.
If you are using garlic paste, avoid this step.
(Garlic wont grind without leaving lumps as the quantity is few, so grind it with rice flour/gram flour to get a smooth paste)
Warm up the butter in a low flame till it melts.
Add melted butter and grinded garlic paste to the flour.
Add water gradually and make it into a dough.
Transfer dough to press using ribbon pakoda sieve. Press it slowly straight to oil when it is hot enough.
There will be hot sizzling sound as pakoda is getting cooked. Flip it over and let it get done. As soon as the sound ceases its ready to be transferred.
Store in air tight container once its cooled. A tasty tea time snack is ready.

Tags: evening snack, pakoda, ribbon pakoda, Snack

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KUZHI PANIYARAM

Hi.. This is Sindhu. Welcome to my Blog or to the 'Spoon of Goodness'!

I was an Educationist by profession, an ambitious traveller, crafter by hobby & explorer of foods by passion.

Cooking, is the art or survival skill, experienced by most individuals atleast once in their lifetime. Food & Nutrition was the stream which enlightened me on our traditional Indian foods, where food was medicine for most of our ailments and health discomforts. As seasons aged, the traditions too aged to be faded with time.

Nowadays food is all about status quo and adaptation from various continents. In Millennials era the food platter itself changed, not to mention about the grains, Millets and legumes being replaced with Oats and Quinoa. There are still lots of unexplored areas in our traditional Indian food which we are unknowingly selling to the 'Modern' food. The fact we forgot was how our very own country was so rich with its own traditional wisdom of processing, preserving and the therapeutic properties attached to it.

We all love to explore different food varieties and I being a foodie can relate how my taste buds linger with all the different aroma of foods. No harm in trying out different cuisines and varieties. But let’s also dedicate some time towards our ancient therapeutic food cooking style, thereby maintaining our health towards a healthy lifestyle which can be passed on to our next generations.

This blog is all about healthy foods which can be cooked on a daily basis and which compensates the nutrients value. I have tried to gather all these recipes from my family lineage, the traditional south Indian style and also from my friends and relatives. Let's cook healthy and hold justice to the saying, ‘Food is medicine’!

Cheers,