Hmmm… now what can I say… Blogging has opened up my eyes to trying out all new things. I’m sure it is the same for many of you. Take this humble vegetable bottle gourd for example. Despite watching it grow at the backyard of my Grandma’s place during my growing up years this vegetable has failed to inspire me to try out anything new with it. It has always been either this spicy Curry or more often Sambar if anything has been left over, that is until I tried out these fritters.
This happens to be a recipe shared by “Donna” who happens to be an admin of one of the groups in Facebook. One look at the photo posted by her and I just could feel my mouth watering. Just imagine gorging on it during tea time on a chilly evening. That is exactly what I did. “Rains”, oh yes we have been getting some of it though not heavy by any means despite me praying for it. This made a perfect snack, all crispy and crunchy goodness loved by all at home. I just added my own touch and that’s all. Now enjoy these fritters at your own home.
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Lauki Bhajjias / Bottle gourd Fritters
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Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: 15 Minutes
Total Time: 20 Minutes
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
- Bottle gourd – 500 gms / 1/2 kg
- Bengal gram / Chick pea flour – 1 cup
- Corn flour – 1/4 cup
- Onion, big – 1
- Green chillies – 2
- Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
- Mint leaves – 2 handful
- Garam masala powder – 1/2 tsp
- Fennel seeds – 1/2 tsp
- Salt – to taste
- Oil – to deep fry
Instructions:
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Peel the skin of bottle gourd and grate it. Keep aside. Slice the onions very thinly into juliennes. Chop the green chillies very finely.
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In a big bowl mix together grated bottle gourd, onions, green chillies and let it be 2 mins. Sprinkle the bengal gram flour, corn flour over the vegetable mixture.
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Add red chilli powder, garam masala powder, mint leaves, fennel seeds, salt and mix well with your hands. The resultant mixture will be very thick like a dough.
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Heat a deep pan with oil. Once the oil is hot enough just scoop enough mixture and push with your thumb into the oil. Deep fry till golden and crisp and drain on an absorbent paper.
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Serve immediately piping hot with tea.
Notes:
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Do not add water mixing the vegetables and flour.
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The water content in the bottle gourd is enough. Adding water will make it runny.
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Make sure that you serve it immediately. when cold it loses the crispness.
wow!this looks delicious ,I alwys make lauki pakora with roundels dipped in gram flour batter ,never tried with grated lauki..
yummy fritters using bottle gourd….take care of your health dear…
yummy fritters using bottle gourd….take care of your health dear…
Now this’s interesting, never tried pakora with bottle gourd. Looks so tempting!
oh this is differnt style bhajias.. my grandmom used to love lauki ke bhajiyas but since onion wasnt used in our homes it was made differently.. would post this soon
Fritters with lauki???…this is totally new to me..your pic is tempting me to try this out…
Perfect tea time snack. Crunchy fritters
wow .. mouth watering 🙂 my mom use to make the same with snake guard 🙂
Wowlauki pakora looks crunchy and yummy. Lovely snacks with a cup of tea or coffee.
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never know that we can make bajjis with lauki. nicely done
Bhajias using bottle gourd is very new…looks very tempting Radhika
I agree with you, blogging has introduced us with variety of dishes and beautiful clicks tempt us to cook it as soon as possible. Just like now, I’m feeling to try it, never heard of bottle gourd fritters.
I have prepared bottle gourd halwa, If you want to have a look.
http://inheritedrecipes-rashu.blogspot.in/2012/07/lauki-bottle-gourd-halwa.html
Simply mindblowing & too tempting!!!!!!
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Cool ! at first I thought these were onion !!Nice crispy looking bhajis..
very innovative.. never tried it with lauki..
Super crispy,addictive and highly irresistible fritters.
I read the title a few times.. then checked to make sure lauki is what i think it is… lauki bhajji? would never have thought og it.. looks very inviting though… you can turn anything to gold girl.. midas touch
oh… never had about bottle gourd fritters…interesting and looks so crispy…
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These fritters look perfect for the evening tea..nice color
Love this crisp and yummmm fritters..
Looks crisp and so “eat me now” kinds :D:D Love it
Delicious fritters.. Looks very inviting.
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never tried bhajias with lauki but now I want to 🙂
Very innovative & yummy crisp delicious fritters!!
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Wow, that’s a super yummy and innovative idea..
very new and different fritters, looks tempting and yummy ! Thank you for stopping by my space 🙂
wow, this surely is a new way of using bottle guard! And much better since its deep fried! 🙂
Looks crispy and very innovative 🙂
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Looks nice and crispy.. Loved it.. Bookmarked.
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Never tried Bottle Gourd bajjis this way..nice recipe dear..
Cheers!
Vani
crispy and yummy recipe..interesting one..
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Wow..I am drooling here..looks yummy.
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wow..bottle gourd fritters looks so crispy n yummy…well made!!
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Healthy veggies goes well in this form
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Nice ..looks crisp
i would like to have some …yummy…
i would like to have some …yummy…