Pumpkin Flower Fritters

Name: Pumpkin Flower Fritters
Total time: 900 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 4 pumpkin flowers; 1 teaspoon kalonji/nigella seeds; 2 tablespoon besan/ gram flour; 1 pinch baking soda; 1 teaspoon rice flour; 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder; to taste Salt; as needed Mustard oil

Tanima Sarkhel @cook_11753550

Kolkata

This is a staple food of Bengalis that is generally served as a tea-time snack or during the lunch with some steamed rice. It has a lot of nutritional benefits along with a remarkable taste and a crunchy crust from outside.

Tanima Sarkhel @cook_11753550

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Ingredients

15 min

2 servings

4pumpkin flowers
1 teaspoonkalonji/nigella seeds
2 tablespoonbesan/ gram flour
1 pinchbaking soda
1 teaspoonrice flour
1/2 teaspoonred chilli powder
to tasteSalt
as neededMustard oil

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Steps

15 min

1

Heat some oil in a wok.
2

In a bowl add all the ingredients except the pumpkin Flower and oil. Mix them well with your hand.
3

Add some water and make a thick paste. You may add more besan if required.
4

Add 1 teaspoon of the heated mustard oil from your wok. This catalyses the crunchiness of the fritters.
5

Dip the pumpkin flowers in the batter and deep fry them in the wok.
6

At first, simmer the flame and let it cook from inside from both sides.
7

After 5min, increase the flame to maximum and fry them till golden brown in colour.
8

Remove it from the flame and serve hot.