Rajgiri and raw papaya Pakode- a crisp and delicious raw papaya and amaranth flour fritters
During Navratri or any religious fast we only use selected vegetables and millets etc. Most of the time we use potato , lauki or arbi in most of our vrat recipes. So it becomes heavy to digest and we want a change from the routine same vegetables.
Raw papaya is a nice substitute to use instead of potato. It can be easily used during any fasting,raw or ripe both type of papaya is used in every fast. This time instead of using grated potato to make pakoda I tried raw papaya instead. The pakoras taste almost same and are better nutrition wise.
You can use raw papaya or even semi ripe papaya can do to make these raw papaya and rajgiri pakodas. You can also add some grated raw mango in it for a tangy taste. Serve these delicious crisp pakoras with curd, khajoor chutney or any chutney of your choice. I served these with curd and tangy aloo Bukhara chutney.
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Rajgiri Papaita Pakode
Ingredients
- 1 cup Raw papaya/ kachcha papita grated
- 1 cup Amaranth Flour / Rajgiri Atta
- to taste Sendha Namak /Rock Salt
- 1/2 tsp Black pepper/kali mirch powder crushed
- 2 Green Chillies / Hari Mirch chopped
- 2 tbsp Fresh Coriander / Cilantro / Hara Dhaniya
- 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
- to fry Cooking oil or ghee
Instructions
- Wash, peel and grate the papaya using a thick grater.
- Add salt and keep for 10 minutes.
- In the bowl now add green chilies, all the spices and the grated papaya and mix.
- now add rajgira aata and mix it well. if you have raw mango then grate and add in it else can add anardana .
- Add little water at a time and make a thick batter.
- In a deep pan or kadhai heat ghee or oil as per your preference.
- Drop spoon ful of batter in the medium hot.dont crowd the pan
- After few minutes , turn the sides and fry from both the sides till it become crisp and golden.
- Serve hot with curd any tangy chutney of your choice
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