Ponk , Lila Chana and Green garlic is very popular seasonal treat in Gujarat, and it is not available throughout the year. Fresh and tender these gems are true delight. They are perfect winter bounties and I am extremely fond of them. So once these gems are in my kitchen, I do prepare some traditional delicacies and devour them with great pleasure.
These unique and delicious Lila Chana ane Lilu Lasan Vada were wafting their incredible aroma in the kitchen and satisfying my cravings for something hot in this chilly weather. These vadas are extremely easy to prepare, spicy, crispy scrumptious and can be done in a matter of minutes. You can adjust spiciness according to your taste, but I would recommend that you eat quite spicy and use Green Garlic in this recipe, because that imparts the unique flavour. Not forgetting it’s best to make most of it while it’s available. Best accompanied with Green Mint and Coriander chutney, fried green chillies and freshly sliced onion. Great combination ever you can enjoy in winter !
You will need :-
- 250 g shelled green chana
- 3 tbsp. green garlic finely chopped
- 2 tbsp. fresh chopped coriander
- 3/4 cup besan
- 1/2 cup rice flour
- 2 tbsp. coarse rice flour ( optional )
- Salt to taste
- Pinch bi -co -soda
- 2-3 tbsp. ginger and green chillies crushed ( Not paste )
- Oil for deep frying
Method :- Place fresh chana in a grinder , grind to coarse mixture, do not make paste. Add everything in a big bowl except oil and mix everything. Heat oil in a heavy bottom kadai. Take small amount of vada mixture and carefully drop in a hot oil. Now turn the heat low and fry them till crispy but cooked inside well. ( While you are frying vada, prick the vada with pointed knife, so inside of it cook well too ) Do not fry vada too brown. Serve hot with chutney, fried green chillies, sliced onion and lemon wedges. Enjoy !
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A thought came to my mind when I tasted these peanuts ‘How can something so easy and simple to prepare taste so delicious ‘ and husband agreed with me too.
It’s utterly addictive and tasty, just couldn’t stop !!!
Since last December we kept recording so many TV programmes and few Movies to watch for later date, you can have complete peace of mind when you have a HD+ recording box, and you get great advantage of watching recorded programmes in your free time, plus you can save time by forwarding ads and songs. Because of busy schedules and priorities we hardly watch much TV.
Last week so many programmes got built up in the HD+ box and it got full up, also it started to delete recorded programmes because cricket started recording too. So we decided to find time to watch those few movies, because of Cricket and Bollywood movies are long and when they record in HD plus, memories tend to run out so quickly.
So we booked ourself last weekend for couple of Bollywood movies, I prepared few snacks to munch like salty popcorn, Lemon and Black pepper peanuts with bottles of soft drinks.
Let me tell you, if you are going to ask me why we liked these peanuts so much, my guess would be that all the gorgeousness stands on the balance of the ingredients and flavours. The flavours I chose works well with each other and not over powering too. I often love to use lemon and black pepper in my cooking , you may like to check this Nimbu Mari Sev ( Lemon and Black pepper spicy noodles )
If you are planning a get-together, thinking of hosting a party during the coming T20 world cup cricket or simply want to relax and enjoy some munchy snacks, definitely these will tempt you, air fryer Mexican Masala peanuts , Indian masala flavoured mix nuts .
You will need :-
- 250 g raw peanuts
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp. oil
- 2 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
- 1 tbsp. frehly ground black pepper
- Pinch red chilli powder ( optional )
- Pinch sugar
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