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BM # 32 Week 2
Theme : Street Food
Cooking with alphabets “G “
The second week of the Maha Marathon begins and for this week I shall be posting Street Food.
Ever since I was a little girl I have been fond of street food, the love for it has only increased as I have grown.whenever shopping in the markets of Delhi, we would buy some pakoras and enjoy them with a slice of bread. The variety of these pakoras is amazing.For today I shall treat you to Gobhi Ki Tikiya.
Gobhi Ki Tikiya is basically a cauliflower fritter .Big flowerets of cauliflower are spiced and dipped in gram flour batter. These are fried and then refried.the re frying is done after pressing it, this makes it really crisp.Originally these are served with some spicy mint chutney, but I like my Tikkiya with some grated radish, which gives the fritters a totally new dimension.
On my recent trip to Delhi I made sure to click some pictures of one of the most famous pakode wala who is famous by the name Khaandani Pakode wala,unfortunately the shop was under renovation, so could not get the click of his board. He is located at Sarojini Nagar Market of South Delhi.it is unbelievable at the variety he sells.Gobhi Ki Tikkiya is just one of them.Some of the interesting ones are karele ke pakode, tamatar ke pakode, chaap ke pakode and they all are on my to do list. The interesting part of this shop is that they even sell bread by slices, and tea coffee go naturally.
Coming to Gobhi ki Tikkiya
1 cauliflower, cut into big flowerets
Chilly powder
Garam masala
Salt to taste
Wash the cauliflower flowers and sprinkle red chilly powder, garam masala and salt
Mix well and keep aside for 15 minutes.
Batter
1 cup gram flour
1/4 tsp red chilly powder
1/4 tsp carom seeds
Salt to taste
Pinch cooking soda
Sieve the gram flour and all the ingredients.
Adding water gradually make a semi soft batter.
Making the Pakoras
Heat oil and then switch off the gas.
Dip the cauliflower into the prepared batter and slowly immerse into the hot oil.
You could add three to four of these at one go, depending on the size of the pan.
Switch on the gas and let it be full for the first few minutes and then make it slow.
One has to adjust the gas flame as the flower size is big and we want it to cook through and through.
Once cooked, remove them with a slotted spoon on a kitchen towel.
Let cool.
Taking a double kitchen towel , gently press each of these fritters thus making them slightly flat.
Re fry these in hot oil till crisp and golden.
Serve with grated radish and spicy chutney.
Spicy Chutney
5-6 green chilly
A small piece ginger
1 bunch coriander leaves
1 lemon
Salt to taste
Put all ingredients in a mixer and blend to a fine chutney.
These fritters were generally fried in mustard oil, which gave them a unique flavor, but now these vendors have shifted to refined oil.
Don’t miss the menu board…amazing variety
Mouthwatering pakodas..ready to be sold
Gobhi ke Tikiya / Cauliflower Fritters
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oh love street food!! can just keep admiring them for ever!!! yummmm
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wow thats a delicious and yummy snack to munch 🙂 looks soo tempting and lovely clicks dear !!
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Actually i was waiting eagerly to see ur streetfoods, i know you will serve many interesting foods under this streetfood. Gobhi ke tikiya am hearing for the first time.
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Wow.. look so crisp and tasty
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Now I know the secret of the crispy crunchy pakodas. Double frying. Nice. Will make it soon. As you say green chutney and radish just adds to its flavour.
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We just love gobi ke pakoda ! If you ever been to Bahadurgarh a small town in Haryana adjacent to Delhi there is one famous shop called Billu ke Pakode . They make so tempting pakoras and yours just looks like theirs. Wonderful preparation.
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The double fried version of the pakoda looks very tasty…
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wow nice crispy and crunchy gobhi yumm loving it.
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First you talk about frying it, then you tell us about retrying it…then you go on to add that bread and chai being served with these…can you blame me, if I am drooling all over!?!
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Now this is something very new! Looking forward to the rest of the week!
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I have made gobi pakora before but these must be so nice and crispy with the double frying!
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Yummy pakora's.. so tempting..
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Vaishali this is unfair and unfair!…I knew I was going to enjoy your second, but never thought it would be this much..Loved reading about your delhi enjoyment and yes I will look up that guy on my next visit. Athamma once made tamatar ke pakode, it was yum!..what is chaap ke pakode?..whatever it also sounds so tempting!
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Valli chaap is made from Soya been..and remember I made Soya chaap for meat less last BM..it is from that chaap that they make pakoras…and tamatar ke akode..we do make ..will soon make a super special version of those sometime:))
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I can imagine how tasty these double fried pakode must taste! love the street food pics too..
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Awesome gobhi ke pakode. They look crispy and tempting.
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Such a lovely recipe and you are tempting all the poor folks like us in US by showing us pictures of street food! I want to just gobble up everything on the board…
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Yummy. Who can say no to fried fritters?
Didn't know about the refrying part.Reply
Don't you think you should be adopting me:-0…drooling here
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Okay you have answered my question abt chaap and I do want the tamatar ones. You have me drooling and I wish I can just make them now.
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good blog! Excellent recipe and great photography. spicy tast, thankyou for shearing this information with us!chowringhee satyaniketan
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