Padmas Navaruchi

1. Gram flour or Besan-1 cup
2. Rice flour-1 table spoon.
3. Fresh Coriander leaves-2 cups (washed and finely chopped)
4. Plain water-2 cups
5. Green chilies-6-8 finely chopped
6. Ginger-1 inch piece (grated)
7. Lemon-1 medium-sized (squeezed)juice or 1 tablespoon yogurt (Curds)
8. Oil-1.5 table spoon. (for frying extra)
9. Table salt-1 teaspoon
10. Red chilly powder-3/4 teaspoon
11. Turmeric powder-1/2 teaspoon
12. Garam masala-3/4 teaspoon
13. Sesame seeds (til)-1 tablespoon (roasted) or can add roasted poppy seeds instead.
14. Groundnut powder (roasted)-2 tablespoon
15. Sugar-1 teaspoon (optional)

preparations needed for making kothimbir vadi

• Take a big mixing bowl.
• Put a strainer or a sieve on it.
• Put 1 cup of Gram flour, 1 tablespoon of rice flour, and 1 teaspoon salt to it and sieve.
• This process will remove lumps if any in the flour.

• Now take 1 cup of water and slowly add to the bowl stirring with a whisk to make a smooth mixture of Besan and rice flour
• Now add Red chilly powder, Turmeric powder, Garam masala, Oil, Grated ginger, and chopped green chilies.
• Combine all of them nicely.

• Dry roast 2 tablespoons of ground nuts and remove the skin. When cool grind very coarsely.
• Now roast sesame seeds in a frying pan on a low flame till it starts puffing and changing color and aroma.

• Roast once again the ground nuts. Remove from pan.

• In the same pan add 1 cup of water and 1 teaspoon of oil and 1 teaspoon sugar.

• Let it boil. Now slowly add the gram batter mix to the pan stirring continuously to avoid lump formation.
• The gram flour starts cooking and forms a smooth paste. Cook till all the batter, converts into a smooth lump, leaving the pan surface put of the flame.

• At this stage add roasted sesame seeds and the ground nuts powder.

• Now is the time to add fresh chopped Coriander leaves and mix.

• Take a container or a plate or you can even use a cake pan.
• Smear oil on its surface, so that after it is cooked, it leaves the surface easily without sticking.
• Now put the cooked mix in it and pat it evenly with the help of a spatula.

• Keep ready an Idly cooker or a steamer, with water, for steaming the cooked mix once more on medium flame.

• keep covered for steaming for about 10 mts.

• Put off the flame.
• leave it to cool and set.

• When it cools you can remove it reversing on a plate.

• Now cut into square pieces.

• THIS IS THE BASIC  STEAMED KOTHIMBIR VADI OR CORIANDER FRITTERS WHICH CAN BE RELISHED WITH TOMATO SAUCE OR KETCHUP

• Keep a shallow fry pan or a skillet on a medium flame to heat.
• Add 2-3 tablespoon of oil.

• When oil heats, arrange the fritters on it and let it become crisp on one side, reduce flame.

• After 1 minute flip it on the other side.
• Let this side also cook in the same way.

• SHALLOW FRIED HEALTHY KOTHIMBIR VADI IS  READY TO EAT WITH TOMATO SAUCE OR PODEENA CHUTNEY