Saturday, February 25, 2006

Finger Chips

Now this was a dish we made in our final year cook out in a restaurant in C'not we rented for the afternoon :) Learnt it from Princess Dee's mom while I was in bangalore.

Lady's Fingers (Okra)
Besan flour
Salt
Asafoetida
Chilli powder
Chat Masala
Oil

  • Wipe Okra clean with a wet tissue paper( I hate washing it as it makes them soggy) Then cut them into thin strips, lengthwise. Remove the seeds.
  • Mix besan flour, salt, asafoetida and chilli powder and make a thin batter. Not as thick as you require to make bajji.
  • Heat oil (enough for shallow fry), dip the strips in the batter and fry them. Make sure the batter forms just a thin film on the okra strips and doesn't cover it completely.
  • Sprinkle chat masala over it and voila! Your snacks are ready!

Credits: Aunty ~S

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4 comments:

  1. d6:29 PM EST

    I do something similar.. but i add 1:1 ratio of rice flour with besen. Rice flour gives a crispy touch to the finger fries.

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  2. Kumari11:03 PM EST

    It does? Thats cool! Maybe I shall try it that way next time. Thanks for the tip :)

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  3. littlecow3:13 AM EST

    yes... i added rice flour to besan while making pakodas once... it turned out to be just fine. but i did not know the funda until now! :)

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  4. RS11:24 AM EDT

    Arrg...I made a horrible mess of this recipe, firstly I used cut okra pieces, secondly while dropping the okra with batter on the pan, I also managed to drop some batter onto the pan and it got stuck to the bottom! Finally I used a new pan :(

    Reminder to self - don't mess with given recipe :)

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