| By : Mahabir Prasad ( Posted on :26 Dec, 2005 ) | Total Views : 341 | Previous | Next |
Sindhi Chillies
Preparation Time : 15 mts
Cooking Time : 30 mts
Serves / Makes : 8
Ingredients
Long, light green Andhra chillies 15
Besan 1 cup
Dhaniya powder 1 tsp
Red chilli powder 1 tsp
For the sauce:
Tamarind big lemon size
Jaggery lemon size
Dates 6-chopped
Jeera powder as per taste
Chilli powder as per taste
Salt & sugar as per taste
Onions 2(chopped)
+Coriander leaves (to garnish) these two together 1 ½ cups
Oil to deep fry
Method
Wash the chillies, slit them lengthwise &deseed them.
Soak in thin tamarind + salt water for 30 mts.
Then boil in the same water & as soon as the water boils, remove the chillies & drain them well & reserve the water.
Make a lose paste of besan, ¼ cup dosa dough (optional ), chilli powder, dhaniya powder,hing , a little oil & salt with water.
Keep the batter for 30 mts.
Dip chillies in this paste & deep fry in hot oil.
Keep these chilli pakoras aside.
Give a boil to the dates in a part of the reserved water , add jaggery , roasted dhaniya – jeera pdr & grind to a thick chutney.
Make a sauce adding the remaining strained water.
Cut chilli pakoras into 2” pieces & put in this mixture.
Chop onions & coriander leaves fine & add half to the above.
Decorate with the remaining onions &coriander leaves & leave the dish in the fridge to chill
