Broccoli Fritters with Spiced Yogurt
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 3 cups
 
Ingredients
  • • • For Pakora: (yields 7-8 pakoras)
  • • Broccoli Florets - 12
  • • Besan flour/ Gram Flour/ Chickpeas flour/ Kadalai maavu – ½ cup
  • • Chilli Powder – ¼ tsp
  • • Green chilli – 1, chopped finely
  • • Ajwain/ Carom seeds – a pinch
  • • Cilantro/ Coriander leaves – 2tbsp (finely chopped)
  • • Salt – to taste
  • • Water – ⅛ - ¼ cup as needed
  • • Oil – to deep fry
  • For Kadhi:
  • • Yoghurt – 1.5 cups (preferably sour)
  • • Besan flour – 2-3 tbsp
  • • Oil/ghee – 1 tbsp
  • • Asafetida - pinch
  • • Red Whole dry Chillies - 2
  • • Methi seeds – ½ tsp
  • • Cumin seeds – ½ tsp
  • • Ginger – 1 tsp (finely chopped)
  • • Garlic – 2 (finely chopped)
  • • Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
  • • Chilli Powder – ½ tsp
  • • Cilantro – 2 tbsp (finely chopped)
Instructions
  1. For Pakora/Fritters:
  2. Mix the chickpea flour, Broccoli Florets, ajwain seeds, chilli powder, green chillies, salt, curry leaves and coriander leaves. Make sure to add right mount fo salt, as it is going to absorb juices and flavour from the kadhi gravy later.
  3. Add water slowly by whisking the batter, so that there are no lumps in the batter. It should be light, thick and smoother than a pancake batter I would say.
  4. Heat oil in a pan and drop small portions of the mixture into the hot oil and deep-fry till golden brown. Drain on absorbent paper and set aside. For kadhi:
  5. Take a bowl, whisk together yoghurt and besan flour until its smooth. Authentic kadhi is thick, but if you want to thin it out, add some water and set aside. I added 1 cup of water as I was going to simmer for some time.
  6. Heat oil in a big wide pan on medium-low heat, add methi seeds, cumin seeds, red chillies, ginger, garlic, and asafetida. When the red chilli turns colour, add the besan yoghurt mixture, salt ( as per your taste) and turmeric.
  7. Turn the heat to low, bring to a boil and cook on low heat for about ten to twelve minutes, stirring occasionally.
  8. Add the fried pakora, and continue to simmer for two to three minutes.
  9. Switch off and garnish with coriander leaves.
Recipe by Relish The Bite at https://www.relishthebite.com/broccoli-fritters-with-spiced-yogurt/