Crispy Cashew Pakoda

Ingredients:

 Cashews - 1 cup

 Gram flour - 1 cup

 Rice flour - 1 Tbs

 Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp

 Finely chopped mint - a handfull

 Finely chopped coriander leaves  -  a handfull

 Green chillies - 4 nos ( chopped )

 Curry Leaves- a handfull

 Cumin seed - 1 tsp 

 Red chilly powder - 2 tsp

 Dhania coarsely crushed -  1 tsp

 Baking soda - 1 tsp

 Salt   to taste

 Oil for  frying

Method:

Mix all the ingredients except oil.

Add  2 tbs of warm oil   and mix well 

Now the mixture looks dry and lumpy, mix it thoroughly.

Add  warm water  little by little   make a dough thicker than  chappthy dough. 

In a pan heat oil and   take a big lump of the dough in the hand and 

drop little by little in the hot oil with the help of fingers  for deep-frying.

Fry all the sides  in the medium flame till the pakodas come to light golden brown.

Drain in the tissue paper to absorb the excess oil.

Cool it and store it in an airtight container. 

You can serve this as side dish , evening snacks ...etc...