Ingredients:
Attakalu / Poha / flattenned rice - 1 cup
Oil - for frying
Mustard - 1/4 tbsp
Jeera - 1/4 tbsp
Chana dal - 1/4 tbsp
Urad dal - 1/4 tbsp
Hing / Asafoetida - 1/4 tbsp
Curry leaves - 6
Green chillies - 4
Carrot - 1/2 cup chopped
Coriander leaves - 1/4 cup
Onion - 1/2 cup chopped
Peas - 1/4 cup
Potato - 2 medium
Turmeric - 1/4 tbsp
Method:
1) Wash attakalu well.Soak this for around 15 mins or until soft.
2) Chop potatoes into small cubes.
3) In a pan, add 2 tbsp of oil, mustard, chana dal, urad dal, hing, curry leaves, turmeric powder, green chillies, onion followed by potato.
4) Mix well and fry until onions turn golden brown and potatos turn soft.
5) Now add soaked attakulu and fry for around 2 mins. Garnish it with coriander leaves.
Serve attakalu / Poha with fried potatoes.
Note:
1) You can also, Add fried potatoes before serving or else it softens and loses its taste.
2) Potatoes can be roasted too.
3) Other vegetables can also be added.
Ingredients:
Beerakayi - 1
Onion - 1 medium
tomato - 1 medium
chilly powder - 1 tsp
Green chillies - 4
Ginger - 1/2 inch
Salt - as required
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tbsp
Chana dal - 1/4 tbsp
Urad dal - 1/4 tbsp
Mustard - 1/4 tbsp
Jeera - 1/4 tbsp
Oil - 2 tbsp
Hing - 1/4 tbsp
Red chilly - 1
Curry leaves - few
Method:
1) Add 1 tbsp of oil and fry onion, green chillies, ginger until golden brown.
2) Remove the onion and fry tomato until soft
3) Now fry beerakayi until soft.
4) Once all the fried ingredients are cooled down, blend this with salt, chilly powder, turmeric to a coarse or smooth paste.
5) Pour this on to a bowl.
6) Make the tempering in hot oil by adding red chilly, cumin, mustard, hing, chana dal, urad dal, curry leaves until they turn golden brown.
7) Top the tampering on top of the chutney.
Note:
1) Tomatoes can be replaced with tamarind / tamarind pulp.
2) Option 1: Dry roast chana dal, urad dal, jeera, red chillies and grind them with vegetables.
3) Option 2: Dry roast Sesame seeds until golden brown with green chillies and grind it with vegetables.
Ingredients:
Onion - 1 medium
Green chillies - 4
Salt - as required
Oil - for frying
Red chilly powder - 1/4 tbsp
Gram flour - 1 cup
Rice flour - 2 tbsp
Water - as required
Method:
1) Seive gram flour and rice flour.
2) Add all the ingredients except oil and mix well.
3) Add water little by little and make small balls
4) In a pan, add oil and heat until hot.
5) Fry the small balls of the mixture in oil.
Serve hot pakodas with ketchup or coconut chutney.
