Plaintain fry

Paste: Chilli powder 1/2 cup, besan powder 1/2 cup, 2 tb sp garlic paste, salt to taste- make a thick paste by mixing the ingredients along water.

• Cut the Plaintain horizontally into thin round slices.
• Add the cut slices into paste mix and coat them well.
• Keep aside for 10 min.
• Shallow fry to golden brown and serve as a side dish.

Okra (Lady finger) pakoras

Bhende podi (Konkani)

• Take Okra(lady finger) which is cut into round pieces in a bowl and marinate it with red chilly, salt, turmaric, coriander powder, chat masala, add a little water & mix well.
• Keep aside for 10 min, then take gram flour and add salt, chopped coriander leaves and mix well, add water to make batter, but batter should be thick enough for nice coating.
• Heat oil in pan and see that the okra is coated well in batter and deep fry it.
• Fry it in medium flame till olden brown.
• Yummy bhindi(okra) pakoras are ready.

Serve hot with ketchup and Masala tea.
Also can be used as side dish along meal.

Chana Dhal vada [Chatambade]

Chattambado (Konkani)

Very easy to prepare. Too good to crunch on along tea/coffee, during rainy season :P

2 cup chana dal, 2" ginger finely chopped, green chillies finely chopped, curry leaves, small pinch asafetida, salt to taste

• Wash and soak the chana dal separately for one hour and thirty minutes.
• Coarsely grind the chana dal together with a little water to get thick consistency.
• Add ginger, green chilies, curry leaves, asafetida powder and salt to taste.
• Mix well. Keep oil to heat for deep frying the vadas.
• Take a little of the mixture and flatten into rounds on the palm of your hand.
• Slip it into hot oil and fry till they are golden in color.
• Deep fry the vadas on a medium flame.

Methi vada

Soak 1 cup chana dal for an hour then grind it partially. To this batter add 2 tb sp rice rawa, chopped curry leaves, methi leaves, green chilli, finely chopped ginger and a pinch asafetida. Mis well , add salt to taste. Now make round flat patties and deep fry to gold brown. 

Methi vada is too good for tea/coffee , especially during rainy season its awesome snack. It also goes well as a side dish along meal.

Cauliflower bajji (pakoda)

Paste : besan(Gram flour), chat masala, garlic paste, chilli powder, salt to taste

Dip clauliflower in paste and deep fry in medium flame till crispy...

Enjoy with hot coffe/tea.... :)
Also can have as a side dish for meals ;)