#MadeForTheMonsoon: Five Snacks To Celebrate Rainy Days - Femina

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When it’s pouring down outside, the scene is set for these five easy-to-make recipes that are rainy-day favourites

What’s a better way to sink into the drama of a drizzly day than to treat yourself to a platter of assortments made for the monsoon? Think about it - don’t pakodas encapsulate the essence of the season? A plate of steaming fritters is a monsoon tag-along, isn’t it. We bring you five recipes you can make to enliven a thunderstorm-riddled day. 

Onion Pakodas

 

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Ingredients 

2 cups uniformly-sliced onions

½ tsp finely-chopped ginger

3 green chillies, chopped

1 sprig curry leaves 

1 tsp salt 

2 tbsp coriander leaves

¼ tsp turmeric 

1¼  cup gram flour 

1½  tbsp rice flour 

½ tsp ajwain 

¼ tsp cashews, soaked 

Oil, for frying

 

Method

1. Mix together the onions, ginger, chillies, curry leaves, salt, and coriander leaves in a large mixing bowl. 
2. Add the turmeric, gram flour, rice flour, ajwain, and cashews. 
3. Sprinkle two tablespoons of water over the mixture, mix, and add water until you get a batter of dropping consistency. Taste the batter to check seasoning, and adjust as needed.
4. Heat the oil in a pan on a medium-high flame, and drop spoonfuls of batter into it.  Fry until golden brown.
5. Remove to a kitchen paper-lined plate to drain, and serve hot.

Onion Rings

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Ingredients

½ cup flour 

½ tsp salt

½ tsp chilli flakes

½ tsp mixed herbs 

2 tbsp corn flour 

½ cup water

1 large onion, sliced into rings

1 cup cornflakes crumbs

 

Method

1. Place the flour, salt, chilli flakes, mixed herbs, and corn flour in a mixing bowl, add water, and mix to a lump-free batter. 
2. Coat an onion ring with the batter, and roll it in the cornflakes crumbs. Do this twice. Repeat with all the rings.
3. Heat the oil in a pan on a medium-high flame, and fry the rings until golden-brown. 

Masala Papad

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Ingredients 

1 onion, finely chopped

1 tomato, finely chopped

3 green chillies, finely chopped

Pinch of salt

Pinch of chaat masala

1 lemon 

Oil for frying

1 papad

 

Method

1. Mix the onion, tomato, green chilli, salt, and chaat masala in a bowl. Squeeze a lemon over the mixture. This is your masala for the papad. Vary the measurements according to your preferences. 
2. Heat a pan, and drizzle some oil on it. Place the papad in the pan, and press down with a spatula. Flip it, and continue cooking until the papad is crisp and golden-brown. 
3. Sprinkle the ‘masala’ evenly over the papad and serve immediately. 

 

Tip: You can also deep fry the papad.

Aloo Tikki

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Ingredients

3 potatoes, boiled and grated

1 green chilli, finely chopped

1 tsp ginger-garlic paste

¼ tsp turmeric

½ tsp red chilli powder

½ tsp cumin powder

½ tsp amchur powder

½ tsp chaat masala

½ tsp salt

2 tbsp chopped mint

2 tbsp chopped coriander 

2 tbsp corn flour

Oil, for frying

Method

1. Mix together the potato, chilli, ginger-garlic paste, turmeric, red chilli, cumin and amchur powders, chaat masala, and salt in a large mixing bowl. 
2. Add the mint, coriander and corn flour to the bowl, and mix to a dough. 
3. Grease your hands with a little oil, and form the dough into ball-sized tikkis.
4. Heat the oil in a pan, and shallow fry the tikkis until golden brown.

 

Tip: You can also roast the tikkis.

Spicy Instant Noodles

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Ingredients

Oil for frying

2 green chillies, chopped

1 packet instant noodles

Salt, to taste

1 tsp red chilli powder

1 cheese slice

½ tbsp schezwan sauce 

Chopped coriander leaves, to garnish

 

Method

1. Heat a little oil and stir-fry the green chilli for 30 seconds. Remove and set aside.
2. Cook the instant noodles according to the instructions on the packet. When almost cooked, add the ‘tastemaker’, salt to taste and red chilli powder. At this point, you can stir the chillies into the mix.
3. Add the cheese, and allow it to melt.
4. Add the schezwan sauce, and mix well.
5. Garnish with coriander leaves, and serve hot. 

Also See: Comfort In A Cup: 5 Great Soups For Rainy Days

 

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