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Cashew Pakoda

Veg

Cashew nuts folded into a gram-and-rice-flour dough with onion, chilli, and ginger, then deep-fried into crunchy fritters.

Prep time
20 min
Cook time
20 min
Total time
40 min
Servings
6
Difficulty
Medium
CategoriesBajji

Ingredients

  • ½ kg Cashew nuts
  • ½ kg Gram flour (besan)
  • ¼ kg Vanaspati (hydrogenated fat)
  • ¼ kg Large onion (chopped)
  • 150 grams Rice flour
  • 5 Green chilli
  • 3 sprigs Curry leaves
  • a small piece Ginger
  • Oil (as needed, for frying)
  • as needed Salt

Instructions

  1. Mix a little water into the vanaspati. Add the chopped onion, green chilli, ginger, salt, cashew nuts, gram flour, and rice flour into it, and rub together into a dough.
  2. Deep-fry this mixture in oil, either shaped into small balls or dropped in spoonfuls. Fry curry leaves and scatter them over the pakodas, and serve hot.