Arbi ke Pakode / how to make arbi pakoda / colocasia fritters

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Arbi ke Pakode / colocasia fritters

It is a very easy recipe of Arbi pakora or some also call it arvi ke pakode. In English it is colocasia fritters. The Arbi pakoda recipe has very simple ingredients with very easy to do steps.

Firstly boil the arbi (colocasia). While boiling add salt in it as the arbi would absorb the salt and arbi pakoras would not be dull from within. Then fry them and just coat them with the spice mixture that we would make. It tastes really wonderful.

If you are looking for some more snack recipes do visit the ones on my blog punjabi namkeen mathri, bombay sandwich, papad cones, schezwan fritters, bread masala, bread rolls, potato seekh kebab

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Ingredients:

7 pieces Arbi (colocasia)

¼ tsp Red Chilli powder

1 tsp Dry Mango powder

½ tsp Chaat Masala powder

1 tbsp Coriander leaves chopped

Salt

Oil for frying

Method:

Boil the arbi for 2 whistles. 


Add salt to the water for boiling.

boil for 2 whistles

In a dish take red chilli powder, dry mango powder, chaat masala powder, salt and mix well.

take all spices in a dish 

mix well

Keep the oil for heating.

Meanwhile, take the boiled arbi and peel off its skin. Now place the arbi on your hand. Press it in between your palms and flatten it.

place arbi on your palm

press it

flatten

Do this for all the pieces.

By this time the oil would be hot enough. Slide the flattened arbi pieces in to the oil.

slide into medium hot oil

Flip and fry till it turns crisp and golden.

flip and fry

crisp & golden

Drain it on a kitchen tissue to remove excess oil. 

Place the arbi pakode (fritters) on a plate and sprinkle the spice mixture followed by chopped coriander leaves.

sprinkle spice mix and coriander

Flip and coat all the fritters with the spice mixture and coriander.

flip and coat

Arbi ke pakode (colocasia fritters) are ready to serve

ready to serve

Arbi ke Pakode / colocasia fritters

Tips:

Do add some salt in the water for boiling.

Fry on medium heat.

Serve these Arbi ke pakode or the colocasia fritters with tomato ketchup or mint chutney or any chutney of your choice. Even it goes well with tamarind chutney.
Have these food-a-licious Arbi ke pakode as a tea time snack and share your experiences with us via comments.

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Punjabi Meethi Mathri Recipe / How to make Punjabi sweet Mathri

Punjabi Meethi Mathri / how to make Punjabi sweet mathri / wheat flour mathri / step by step images / recipe video

Punjabi Meethi Mathri 

Punjabi sweet mathri is a very traditional and healthy recipe of North India. I wasn’t aware of these mathris till my hubby highlighted them. Actually he has taught me how to make it and its really very easy and less time consuming.

It is made using wheat flour and jaggery. Also some fennel seeds are used to enhance the flavor. I have used fennel seeds powder you can also add fennel seeds as whole.

These mathris are a bit hard not soft as the namkeen mathris, which I have already posted. In these meethi mathris you need to add just 2 tbsps of ghee per cup of flour. If you add more of ghee these meethi mathris would turn soft. So I would suggest you to stick to the quantities mentioned. You can definitely double the recipe.

Since these Punjabi meethi mathris are made of wheat flour and jaggery they are brown in color.

Prior to this recipe I have shared many recipes of sweets like maida burfi,  instant milk powder burfi, punjabi shakar pare, instant kalakand (10 minutes), milk peda, atta ladoo, besan ladoo, traditional modak, jaggery halwa,  Marie Biscuit Cake, Chocolate Sauce, Custard Jelly, Mixed Fruit Falooda Ice cream

Lets start with the recipe

Ingredients: ( Makes 15 Punjabi Meethi Mathris)

1 cup Wheat flour

½ cup Jaggery powder

¼ cup Water

1 tsp Fennel Seeds powder

2 tbsp Ghee

Oil for frying

Method:

Take a pan.

In a pan take ½ cup jaggery and ¼ cup water.

take jaggery and water in a pan

Stir on medium heat till the jaggery dissolves completely.

jaggery dissolves

Strain it and keep aside.

In a bowl take 1 cup wheat flour, 1 tsp fennel seeds powder, 2 tbsp ghee and mix well.

take the other ingredients in bowl

Then form a well in the centre of the mixture. 

make a well

Add the strained jaggery solution in parts.

add jaggery syrup in parts

Knead it to form a stiff dough.

stiff dough

Now take half the portion of the dough, flatten it and roll into a thick big circle.

take half the dough

flatten

roll into a thick circle

Take a round cutter or a glass place it on the rolled out dough and press.

cut circles with glass

Cut the circles as many can fit in the rolled out dough.

Now lift over and remove the leftover dough and use it for the next batch.

remove the leftover dough

Prick holes with the help of a fork. This is done as we want the meethi mathris to be flat and not like puris.

prick holes with fork

Likewise cut and prick mathris of the whole dough. The thickness should be as shown in the image below.

desired thickness

Now heat oil in a pan.

And slide these mathris into hot oil and then reduce the heat to medium. The oil should not be so hot that the mathris would burn. Also do not overcrowd the mathris in the pan.

slide mathris in hot oil

Flip and fry till they turn nice golden brown and crisp.

golden and crisp

Drain on kitchen tissue to remove the excess oil.

drain on kitchen tissue

Punjabi Meethi Mathris are ready to serve.

Punjabi Meethi Mathri 

Tips:

Recipe can be doubled.

Fry on medium heat.

Fennel seeds can be used instead of its powder.

Do try this food-a-licious Punjabi Meethi Mathri for your family and friends and let us know your experience via comments.

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Maida Burfi Recipe - How To make Maida Burfi - 20 minutes recipe

Maida burfi recipe / how to make maida burfi / simple and easy diwali sweet / step by step images / recipe video

Maida Burfi Recipe

Easy Maida burfi recipe with step by step images and a recipe video made from very simple ingredients in jut 20 minutes.

Maida burfi is one such mithai (sweet) which can be made on any festive occasion as it is so simple and easy to make. It takes just 20 minutes including the 5 minutes preparation time.

This maida burfi can be made in different attractive colors of your choice by adding food coloring to it. But I avoid using colors and so have kept it white. To give it an attractive appearance I have added some tutty fruity to it.

The most important step in the recipe is the making the sugar syrup. It has to be made of single thread consistency. Do not miss this consistency as then the burfi would not set.

Also visit the other sweets recipes on my blog like instant milk powder burfi, punjabi shakar pare, instant kalakand (10 minutes), milk peda, atta ladoo, besan ladoo, traditional modak, jaggery halwa,  Marie Biscuit Cake, Chocolate Sauce, Custard Jelly, Mixed Fruit Falooda Ice cream

Ingredients:

½ cup Ghee

1 cup Maida (plain flour)

2 cups Sugar

1 cup Water

½ tsp Cardamom powder

½ cup Tutti Frutti

Method:

Grease a tray to set the burfi. You can line it with butter paper and keep it ready.

In a pan heat ghee and lower the heat. 

heat ghee

Add maida and roast it nicely until you get nice aroma without changing its color. It will need 3-4 mins approximately. Keep it aside.

add maida 

roast 

keep it aside

Now add sugar and water to a thick pan/kadai. 

add water to sugar

Stir it and let the sugar dissolve completely. 

stir

sugar dissolves

Bring it to boil on  medium flame without stirring much and let it reach ONE string consistency.

bring to boil

one string consistency

To test the consistency of the syrup - dip your fingers in water to avoid burning and touch the back of the ladle using forefinger and press it with thumb. When you try to separate the fingers you can see a single string formation which indicates the correct consistency.

Add the roasted maida. Stir well to get a smooth mixture.

add roasted maida

stir well

Once the mixture becomes smooth enough add cardamom powder followed by tutti frutti and keep stirring until the mixture thickens nicely and starts leaving the pan which indicates that it is ready.

add tutti frutti and cardamom

mixture leaves sides of pan

Quickly transfer the mixture to the lined/greased pan and quickly level it by using a greased cup or spoon.

transfer to greased tray

level

Leave it aside for sometime and cut into squares while the mixture is still warm.

cut into squares

Store them in an airtight container for upto a week under room temperature.

Maida Burfi Recipe

Tips:

You can add Vanilla essence instead of cardamom powder.

The most important step in the recipe is single thread consistency of the sugar syrup, do not miss it. If it is crossed the single thread consistency the burfis will become brittle. If you remove it before the single thread consistency the mixture will not thicken on stirring.

If you like you can add any color of your choice.

Dry fruits can also be added.

Make this food-a-licious maida burfi for your loved ones this festive season and write in your experiences via comments.

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