Ingredients Needed:
Rice Flour - 1 cup
Fried Gram / Roasted Channa Dal powder / Putnalu - 1/4 cup
Bengal Gram flour / Besan - 1 tbsp
Ghee - 6 tsp
Cooking Soda - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Finely chopped onions - 1/4 cup
Finely chopped ginger - 1 tsp (optional)
Finely chopped cashew nuts - 1 tbsp
Finely chopped curry leaves - 1 tbsp
Finely chopped green chillies - 2 nos
Salt to taste
Red Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Oil for deep frying
How to prepare Patnam Pakodi
Melt ghee and take it in a small bowl, add cooking soda and rub with hand till it turn in to frothy.
In a mixing bowl, take the Then add chopped onion, ginger, green chillies, curry leaves, cashew nuts.
Mix flours, cumin seeds, red chilli powder, salt mix well to combine every thing. Add the melted ghee as well.
Sprinkle little water and make a dough to make balls, make balls and set a side
Heat oil in a small kadai and when its hot, drop in the balls gently and cook on all sides. till they turn to a golden colour.
Drain through a slotted ladle, and remove on to a kitchen towel.
Serve with tea/coffee.
Notes:
You can make these as regular pakodas as well instead of the balls.
Fry this pakodas in a medium heat only other wise they remain raw in side.
Usha Rao says
These pakodi looks delicious. I some how missed checking this month's ICC announcement. Will try this pakoras very soon.
Growing up I remember my grandma referring Hyderabad to patnam. ☺️
Uma Shankar says
Used to get tempted seeing it in shops tks for the recipe.wl try soon.
Shylaa Shree says
so tempting srivalli
Sandhiya says
Yours look perfect and delicious. I tried this last week to post this month ICC, but mine turns out total disaster.The pakodas have strong flavor of baking soda and also some pakodas are disintegrated after putting it in hot oil. May be i try some other time with less baking soda.
Leena Chandrashekar says
Nice looking pakodi's..never tried this way..thanks for sharing
Sarita says
'Patnam pakoda 'name very cute.. These look delicious.Addition of gram flour gives great taste I guess.
Padma Rekha says
Perfectly made Valli hope you all enjoyed them...
Pavani N says
Perfectly made pakodas Valli. I had to change the recipe a little (read my post -- you'll know) but thoroughly enjoyed these crispy and delicious pakodis.
The Pumpkin Farm says
mine will be up soon..but yours look gorgeous and this is a great recipe find..besides the taste the technique of using baking soda was so cool