Onion and Cabbage Pokora
Pokora , a hot cup of tea or coffee and good friends are a very good combination for chit chat in the afternoon.
Category : Snack
Preparation time : 10 m
Cooking time : 10 -15 m
Serves : 2 -4
Ingredients :
- 1/4 of a midium size cabbage ( minimum 1 cup cabbage slices )
- 1/2 of an onion ( almost 1 cup onion slices )
- 1 tsp carom seeds ( ajwain )
- 3 tbsp gram flour ( beson )
- 2 tbsp rice flour
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 2 -4 tbsp water
- oil for deep frying
- salt to taste
Preparation:
- Slice the onion and cabbage . It should not be so thin or thick.
- In a bowl mix the carom seeds, chilli powder and salt with the vegetables.
- Then add the flour little by little and mix well.
- Adjust water. Some time you do not need water because some cabbages are so moist that it releases water after mixing with salt.
- Mix it well. The vegetable will stick together.
- Put enough oil in a heavy based pan on high heat.
- Reduced the heat to medium low when the oil is hot.
- Pick up some vegetable with a fork and fry it .
- It is cooked when the pokora turn color to dark brown .
- Take it out from the oil and keep it on paper towel to soak the excess oil.
Enjoy the pokoras with Assam tea or Darjeeling tea.
Note : It will be more crisp if you fry the pokoraj in low heat .
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