Rice Fritters

   


  
Ingredients:
 

Grain rice - 1 cup

Milk  - 2 cups 

Cream - 150 gms

Orange Zest  - 1/4 cup

Lemon Zest  -  1 tbs

Sugar - 1 cup

Egg - 1 no

Baking powder - 1 tsp

Oil -  for frying 

Honey sauce:  

Honey - 1 cup

Orange juice - 1/2 cup

Cinnamon - 1/4 tsp


Method :


 In a pan  boil   milk and cream at medium flame.

Add  the orange zest, lemon zest, rice, and sugar and mix thoroughly. 

Cover with a lid and turn the flame to low.

Stir the rice pudding  now and then and  doesn't  allow to stick to the bottom.  

 If the pudding becomes too dry before the rice is cooked, add extra milk.

The rice is cooked when the pudding looks quite dry and thick. 

Turn off the heat and let it come to room temperature,

In a  bowl beat the egg  and  mix with  the cold rice pudding.

Finally add the baking powder  to the batter and stir well  

In a deep pan put  oil  and heat at medium flame. 

Using two spoons , scoop   the rice batter and shape likes in the image.

Deep fry until golden brown  drain on a paper towel to absorb the extra oil.

In a  pan combine the honey, orange juice, and cinnamon  and heat at medium flame.

After 2 or 3 minutes turn off the flame. Now the sauce is ready.

Drizzle  the  sauce on top of the  fritters and dust with powdered sugar and Serve !!!  

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...