DRUMSTICK LEAVES / MURUNGAI ILAI CORN FLAKES PAKORAS

We usually make pakoras with besan / kadalai maavu combined with onions or vegetables.Here I have prepared healthy pakoras with healthy drumstick leaves and corn flakes.A healthy, tasty and unique tea time snack for all in our family.

INGREDIENTS

Gram Flour / Kadalai Mavu                        – 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup
Rice Flour                                                     – 1/2 cup
large Onion                                                   – 1 no  ( thinly  sliced)
Washed and cleaned drumstick leaves       - 1 to 1 /2 cups
Red Chillies                                                   – 4 nos
Powdered Plain corn flakes                         - 2 cups
Small onions                                                 - 10 nos
Garlic                                                            - 5 cloves
Salt                                                                - to taste
Chilli powder                                               – 1 tblspn
Asafetida powder                                         - ¼ tsp
Oil                                                                 -for deep frying

Take the plain corn flakes and powder it in a mixie by adding red chillies, garlic and small onions. The texture of the powdered corn flakes will be little moistured. so when sprinkling water to the dough, be careful. add only if it is necessary.

METHOD

Mix chopped onions, salt, chilli powder, asafetida powder and salt.

Add gram flour, ricew flour and powdered cornflakes to the onion mixture and mix well.

Sprinkle some water and mix. Don’t add too much water.

Just sprinkling one or two tsps of water is enough.

Heat oil in a pan, take a big ball of dough in your hand and drop gooseberry size dough into yhe hot oil.

(no need to make in perfect shape)

Fry the pakoras in medium flame, turning all over.

When it becomes golden colour remove from oil and and keep over the colander to drain the excess oil.

Unique crispy drumstick leaves / murungai ilai corn flakes pakoras are ready to enjoy your tea time.

NOTE

Use only plain corn flakes which we use for making corn flakes mixture