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Monsoon Snacks Recipes: If you get hot pakodas with rain or evening tea, then it is a different pleasure. If you too are bored of making the same type of pakoda or something sweet every time, then you can try this special recipe of home chefs. Drumstick Pakoda, Gobi Pakoda, Dry Fruits Crispy Pakoda and Gulgula are also easy to make with different tastes. So let's know its recipe.

Drumstick Pakoda

If you want to try something different and tasty in pakodas, then you can make this Drumstick Pakoda from home chef Pratibha Agnihotri.

Material

• 1 cup drumstick leaves
• 1 cup gram flour
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 1-2 green chillies, finely chopped
• ½ tsp celery
• ½ tsp red chilli powder
• ¼ tsp turmeric
• salt, as per taste
• ½ cup water, as needed
• oil, for frying

Method

• First of all, wash and clean the drumstick leaves thoroughly.
• Now add gram flour, onion, green chilli, celery, red chilli, turmeric and salt in a bowl.
• Add drumstick leaves to it and prepare a thick solution by adding water little by little.
• Now heat oil in a pan and add small portions of the batter and fry the pakodas until they become golden and crispy.
• Serve hot pakodas with chutney.

Cabbage Pakodas

If you feel like eating hot and crispy pakodas with tea, then you can try these cauliflower pakodas of home chef Dr. Abhilasha Dattatreya.

Material

• 2 cups cabbage, cut into small pieces
• 1 cup gram flour
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 1-2 green chillies, finely chopped
• ½ tsp red chilli powder
• ¼ tsp turmeric
• ½ tsp celery
• salt, as per taste
• ½ cup water, as needed
• oil, for frying

Method

• First of all, cut the cabbage into small pieces and wash it thoroughly.
• Now add gram flour, onion, green chilli, red chilli, turmeric, celery and salt in a bowl.
• Prepare a thick solution by adding little water to it.
• Now add the powder prepared by grinding coriander seeds, black pepper and fennel into the solution and mix well.
• Then coat the cabbage pieces thoroughly in the gram flour solution.
• Heat oil in a pan and fry the cauliflower pakodas until golden and crispy.
• Serve hot cauliflower pakodas with chutney.

Dry Fruits Crispy Pakoda

If you want something new and crispy in pakodas, then definitely try this Dry Fruits Crispy Pakoda by home chef Ranjita Sinha.

Material

• ½ cup cashew nuts
• ½ cup almonds
• 4-5 dates
• ¼ cup raisins
• 1 cup gram flour
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 1-2 green chillies, finely chopped
• ½ tsp red chilli powder
• 1/2 tsp rice flour
• ½ tsp celery
• ½ cup water
• Salt
• Oil

Method

• First of all, cut cashews, almonds, dates and raisins into small pieces.
• Now add some rice flour, gram flour, red chilli, celery and salt in a bowl.
• Add dry fruits to it, add water little by little and prepare a thick mixture.
• Now heat oil in a pan and drop small portions of the mixture into the oil.
• Fry the pakodas until they become golden and crispy.
• Serve them with hot chutney.

Dumplings

If you want to make something desi and tasty in sweets, then you can try these Gulgula made by home chef Rekha Nilesh Kalbhor.

Material

• 1 cup wheat flour
• ½ cup jaggery
• ½ tsp fennel
• ¼ tsp cardamom powder
• 1 teaspoon soda
• ¾ cup water, as needed
• oil, for frying

Method

• First of all, put jaggery in ½ cup lukewarm water and dissolve it well.
• Now add wheat flour, fennel and cardamom powder in a bowl.
• Prepare a thick solution by adding jaggery water to it.
• Add a pinch of soda to the solution and keep it for 10-15 minutes.
• Now heat oil in a pan and add small portions of the batter and fry the dumplings until they turn golden.
• Let the prepared gulagulas cool down a bit and then serve.

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