Three Snacks You Can Make At Home This Rainy Season
- 29 Jun 2018
- Nikhil
- Features
Whether you’re working or a school going student, this rainy season has surely taken its toll on you. The cool temperatures demand something warm and cosy, and what better than some delicious homemade hot snacks. Here are some food recipes that you can make at home by yourself to munch on while it pours outside .
Text Credit: Nikhil Wilson
To most Kochittes, it has become a daily routine to have a ‘chaaya and kadi’ (tea and snack) during evening time and there is no better time than a rainy evening to have some hot snacks and tea.
1) Parippuvada / Dal fritters
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How to make
Step 1: Soak the dal for 2 - 2.5 hours and drain the water completely.
Step 2: After drying the dal using a kitchen towel, grind the dal roughly, making sure it doesn’t turn into a paste . You want the dal to be crushed so that you can make it into a ball like shape.
Step 3: Add some onions and chillies into the crushed Dal and mix it. Make small balls from the mix and flatten it. (Make sure your hand is wet when you flatten the mix).
Step 4 : Fry it in hot oil and fry in a medium heat, so that you don’t want them to overcook them. After the vadas gets crispy and have light shade of dark brown, drain them in a tissue paper to get rid of the excess oil.
Recipe courtesy : Mariasmenu.com
2) Onion Pakoda
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How to make
Step 1: Slice onions into a large bowl and add gram flour, rice flour, red chilli powder, ginger, curry leaves, coriander leaves, baking soda, and salt.
Step 2: Mix well and keep aside for 5-10 minutes.
Step 3: Add water to the mix slowly and make sure the flour batter gets mixed well with onions. Make sure the batter doesn’t get too watery or too thin.
Step 4: Heat the pan with enough oil and check the oil is hot enough with a small drop of the mix. If the mix comes up immediately it means the oil is hot enough.
Step 5 : Fry the pakodas until it’s crispy and golden brown.
Step 6 : Drain the pakodas and put them on a tissue paper to drain out the excess oil.
Recipe courtesy : foodviva.com
3) Bonda / Potato bhajis
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Step 1: Boil the potatoes, peel, and mash them. Add sufficient chillies, onions, coriander leaves and mix it well.
Step 2: Prepare the batter with rice flour, gram flour in a glass bowl. Pour water and enough salt and mix it up.
Step 3: After the potatoes are cool enough to hold in your hand, make them into small balls and dip them into the batter and take it out and fry them in hot oil.
Step 4 : Fry them until they turn golden brown and you can take them and dry them out of the excess oil using tissue paper.
Recipe courtesy : recipes.timesofindia.com
You can serve these three snacks with sauce or chutney and remember these three snacks go a long a way if you have a glass of hot tea in your hands while you have them.
