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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Kothimbir vadi / कोथिंबीर वडी

Hi friends,

Lets start today for Kothimbir vadi/ coriander fritters made up cilantro ,coriander कोथिंबीर वडी.



Kothimbir vadi is extreme popular snack in Maharashtra.Kothimbir similar to coriander and Vadi similar to wedges or fritters.
This recipe takes me into my flashback when my scolds me ( I was most spoiled kid) always for eating entire vadis as soon as they comes out of pan.I just loved them.It includes in my favourite appetizer list.

Being made up of fresh coriander leaves ,this steamed savoury coriander cake is easy to made , easy to fry.

So lets start preparing our wedges
1 cup gram flour , water
2 tsp cumin seeds ,
3 tsp paste of ginger garlic and green chili's , 1 tsp khuskhus , 2 tsp dry grated coconut
1 tsp turmeric , 2 tsp red chili powder, 1 tsp asafedita
2 cup chopped coriander , 1 tsp lemon juice,
1 tsp sugar , 3 tsp garam masala, 1 tsp ajawain (carom seeds)
salt ,oil

Procedure:-
Soak besan / gram flour in water adding salt in it.keep it Aside for few min.
Now take pan and saute coconut and khuskhus in it.If you don't have khuskhus you can use white sessame.I ve used white sesame only.
Next take oil in pan.Add Ginger garlic chili paste , sauteed coconut to it.Add all ingredients to it further namely lemon juice ,cumin seeds,carom seeds,turmeric, red chili powder ,asafedita,sugar,garam masala.Saute it about a min.
Next put all mixture in gram flour /besan.Add chopped cilantro/coriander and 1 tsp oil ,salt in it.


Mix it properly to form semi solid dough.

Now, apply layer of oil to  flat pan.Pour and layered mixture in it.Level mixture by keeping plastic sheet on top of it.

Simmer mixture near about 15 min.Once cooked insert knife and check mixture should not be stick to it.Switched off heat.Cut pieces of mixture in any desired shape.

Next , take oil in pan and deep fry it till turns golden brown.Or you can shallow fry it also.

For some extra taste ,add tempering contains mustard ,cumin ,aasafedita and curry leaves.

Serve hot along with ketchup ,tamarind chutney.Or best way have as it is.

 

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