Friday, May 23, 2014

Spicy groundnut fries (Vaerkadalai pakoda/ kara vaerkadalai)

Spicy groundnut fries (Vaerkadalai pakoda/ kara vaerkadalai)
Another yummy snack from mommy's cookbook or hand. I wonder home come our mom/grandmom... tried this much recipes for our small tummy. That too delicious, with nutritional values, different, according to season, taste... no word's to explain. I am coming to recipe now.


En-Anubhavam

Ingredients:-
Groundnut - 1 cup
Bengal gram flour - 2 tbsp
Red chili powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt - to taste
Rice flour - 1 tbsp
Oil - to deep fry
Asafoetida - a pinch
Water - to sprinkle

Preparation method:-
Soak the dry groundnut in water for 5 to 10 mins so that the skin will become slightly soft which will make the flour mixture to stick.
Mix bengal gram flour, rice flour, salt, chili powder, asafoetida. Check spice and salt level to your taste.
Filter the water after 10 mins and keep the groundnut.
In a bowl take handful of soaked groundnut, mix the flour mixture to the groundnut so that it is coated well. If required slightly sprinkle water.
Heat oil in kadai. Keep in medium flame and add the flour mixture coated groundnut and cook in slow flame so that the groundnut will become crispy and golden brown.
Careful while frying because some groundnut's might splutter. If cooked in highflame the groundnut will be burnt.

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