Leftover rice pakoda/pakora

                   On a rainy day,when you are feeling lazy to cook but like to have something crispy crunchy snack which is easy and very less time to prepare,this  pakoda is apt one. Very few ingredients and very simple recipe. 

Ingredients:
Leftover rice- 2 cup
Besan/kadala mavu - 4 tbsp
Big onion - 2 medium size
Chilli powder - 2  tsp
Coriander powder/ Thaniya powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
Salt - as per taste
Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup

Recipe:
* If the rice is so hard,sprinkle some water on top of the rice and microwave for 1 minute.
*Chop onion lengthwise.
1.In a mixing bowl,add all the ingredients .Mash the rice hard,so that rice mash well and mix with other ingredients.
2.Sprinkle some  water and mix to pakoda consistency.
3.Heat oil in kadai. Once hot,sprinkle the pakoda mix in hot oil.Turn it occasionally. Cook till the pakoda is brown and also onions are crispy.

Serve as it is or with hot & sweet sauce.

Note:
* Add more onion,which gives more taste to this pakoda.
* We can also add any leftover vegetables to this pakoda .

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Mutta bonda / Egg bonda

    When i prepared this snack in home, i remember my bangalore days. When i was staying in PG,near to it is a roadside snacks shop(I cant say it as a shop,it is just a 'thallu vandi') . On the way from office, me and my friend kavitha used to go to this shop once in awhile to get hot hot vada and bonda. I like the spicy chutney they serve on top of the bonda's . My favorite is mirchi bonda and egg bonda. I like the way they serve by cutting the bonda in pieces ,top it with spicy chutney,onion,shredded carrot and coriander leaves.Yum yum.... i am drooling.

Ingredients :

Boiled egg - 5
Besan / kadala mavu - 2 cup
Chili powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Ajwain - 1/2 tsp
Baking soda - a pinch
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Salt - as per taste

Garnishing:

Red onion - 1 small
Shredded carrot - 1/4 cup
Coriander leaves / cilantro - 4 tbsp
Spicy coconut chutney - 1/2 cup
Lemon juice - 2 tbsp

Recipe:

*Boil egg, peel the shell and keep it in plate.
*Finely chop red onion ,shred carrot and chop cilantro.Mix all in a bowl with very little salt.

1.In a bowl,take besan,chilli powder,salt,turmeric powder,baking soda and ajwain (little bit crushed in hand), Add water little by little and mix into thick batter.
2.Heat the oil in a deep pan . Once it is warm, dip the egg in besan batter and place slowly in oil.
3.Turn the bonda every now and then .Cook it till the bonda turn slightly brown. Remove from oil and place it in tissue paper to drain excess oil.
4.We can serve the egg bonda as it is with chutney as side dish or cut the egg bonda into four pieces and place it in serving plate.(You can apply some chutney on top of egg bonda if you want) Garnish with onion,carrot,cilantro mix .Finally squeeze some lemon juice on top.Serve hot hot.

Tip:

* Instead of baking soda,we can add little Eno powder in batter to get pluffy bonda.
* We can use this batter for making aloo bonda,bajji too.

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