Ripe Banana Fritters

This is how i make use of overripe bananas that sits in my kitchen counter top......longing for someone to stretch a hand to help themselves with banana...


Ingredients for making Banana Fritters:

• Ripe / Overripe Banana - 2 (medium sized)
• All Purpose Flour(Maida) - 1/2 cup
• Rice Flour - 1/2 cup
• Bengal Gram Flour - 1/2 cup
• Baking Powder - a small pinch
• Sugar - 1 Tea spoon
• Salt - 1/2 Tea spoon
• Cooking Oil - little for deep frying
• Food Color(orange) - a small pinch
• water - Little to make a thick batter

Method for making Banana Fritters:

Step 1: Peel and cut the bananas in to long strips and keep it aside.

Step 2:Heat a deep skillet with cooking oil for deep frying.

Step 3: Mean time in a mixing bowl add the dry ingredients and mix well and make a thick batter adding water little by little.

Step 4: When the oil is ready for deep frying... gently add the cut banana strips in the batter and drop in to the oil and deep fry.

Step 5: When its nice golden brown in color remove from heat. Let it cool for few minutes, then serve.

(note: the deep fried banana fritters will be very hot inside eat it carefully .)

This is a nice evening snack... Kids will love this...

Savoury Treats

Was feeling like to eat something savoury after the Carrot halwa...so decided to make the Ribbon (pakoda) ...mom used to prepare this often back home...She used to fill up big big dabbas(boxes) with ribbon pakoda and we munched it during the summer vacation...'crunch- crunch', 'munch munch' ....How soon the time changed... now i have started preparing this for my kids and they are enjoying "crunch and munch" part of it...

Ingredients for making Ribbon Pakoda or Muruku:

• Bengal Gram Flour - 3 cups
• Rice Flour - 2 cups
• Red Chili Powder - 1 Teaspoon
• Salt - 1Tea spoon
• Sesame seeds - 1 Teaspoon
• Cumin Seeds - 1 Teaspoon
• Butter - 2 Tablespoon (room temperature)
• Asafotedia - 1/2 Teaspoon

Method for making Ribbon Pakoda(Murukku):

Step 1: Heat Oil in deep frying.

Step 2:Mean time , add all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix well, sprinkle water and make a smooth dough...

Step 3: Once the oil is ready to be deep fried... Pass the dough through the pakoda nazhi to the oil and let it cook.. once it turn to nice golden color . Remove from Oil and strain the excess oil to a tissue.

Step 4: Let it cool. Ready to be served.

Step 5: Continue the same process till the dough finishes. Cool and store in an airtight container.

This can be done in large quantity and stored (i made six cups) (lot of ribbon pakodas...)...can be served as snacks for tea time or can be munched upon just like that.

Onion Fritters

This is my all time favourite.. goes well as a snack.. or as a side dish for rice...
Ingredients for making Onion Fritters:

• Rice Flour - 1 cup
• Bengal Gram Flour - 1/2 cup
• Onion - Chopped in to thin strips
• Red Chili Powder - 1/2 tsp
• Salt - according to taste
• Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp
• Baking soda - a pinch
• water - to sprinkle
• Curry Leaves - few (optional)

Method for making Onion fritters:

Step 1: Cut and peel the onions into thin strips and keep aside..

Step 2: Heat cooking oil in a deep frying pan.

Step 3: Mean time mix all the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and add the cut onions,curry leaves and sprinkle little water and mix them nicely.(use as little water as possible)

Step 4: Once the oil is ready for deep frying...take a handful of dough and pinch into small pieces and drop them in oil and deep fry or just drop small pieces of the dough with the help of a spoon to the oil.

step 5: Turn them in between and cook. Remove from oil once they become reddish brown in color...this ready to serve.

Step 6: Continue the same till the dough is complete... serve it warm..

These Onion Fritters can be served warm as snacks with Tomato Ketchup or With Indian style Chutneys...

I served this as a side dish for dinner with Garlic Rasam and Parrupu Thogayal

Chatpata Saeb

A simple healthy snack adjusted to my family's taste.....Chatpata Saeb (apple)

I try maximum to serve fruits as afternoon snacks to my kid and rest of the family... and try to keep or store Fresh fruits in a visible place so.. they tend to first grab the fruits instead of cookies or any chips.. etc...,

Here i have used three varieties of apple... cut them in to small bite size pieces and garnished.. it with my favourite... mix of spices....

Ingredients for making Chatpata Apple:

• Apples few( i used Granny Smith, Red Delicious and Brae burn) can use according to availability and your taste...
• Salt - according to taste
• Red Chili Powder - a pinch
• Dehydrated lemon juice - a pinch or Lime juice - 1/2 teaspoon (for a full bowl of fruits)

Method for making Chatpata Apple:

Step 1: Wash and cut,de-seed the apples and cut them to bite size..

Step 2: Add Spice mixture(salt, chili powder and lemon juice) to the cut Apples mix well and then remove it to a serving bowl and serve.

I simply love to eat fruits by adding the spice mixture.

For variations can use this spice mixture with Oranges,Watermelon,Pineapple,Mangoes,Cantaloupe...Guava...