Poha Pakoda / पोहा पकोड़ा

Pakoda is everyone's favorite. Now that Monsoon is knocking on the door, craving for pakoda is going to be at its peak.
So, lets try a new type of pakoda made of Poha/Chiwda (Flattened Rice/ Rice Flakes).

Poha Pakoda

 Ingredients:

1. Poha (Rice Flakes) : 100 grams
2. Onion: 2 medium size
3. Potatos: 2 medium size
4. Green Chillies: 2  (or as per your taste)
5. Fresh Coriander Leaves (Dhaniya Patta)  
6. Turmeric(Haldi) Powder: 1 teaspoon
7.  Garam Masala : 1/2 teaspoon
8. Besan (Gram Flour) : 3 tablespoon
9. Salt : According to taste
10. Mango Powder: 1/2 teaspoon
11. Red Chilli Powder: 1/2 teaspoon (or as per your taste)
12. Chat Masala
13. Cooking Oil

Preparing the Pakoda Mix:

• First of all boil the potatoes
• Soak Poha in water for 2 minutes
• Drain the water out of Poha
• In a large bowl put boiled potatoes and soaked poha
• Add finely chopped onions 
• Add finely chopped potatoes
• Add finely chopped green chillies
• Add finely chopped coriander leaves
• Add turmeric, garam masala, mango powder, red chilli powder
• Add Besan
• Add salt to your taste
• Mash them all together. Pakoda Mix would look like this now

Pakoda Mix

Frying the Pakoda:

• Prepare balls of the pakoda mix 
• Heat your favorite cooking oil in a kadhai. We are going to deep fry the pakoda. So there should be enough oil.
• Fry the balls on a low to medium flame until they are golden brown. 
• Take them out. You should place some tissue-papers on the plate before putting pakodas in it. This will soak out excess oil.
• Pakoda is ready.

Serving Ideas:
Sprinkle some chat-masala and serve them hot.
Pakodas go well with some kind of chutney (spicy and tangy) and something cool (or hot if you like Tea) to drink.