Dhone patar bora is a popular item in Bengali cuisine. Many people love it during the winter season when plenty of fresh coriander leaves are available at very low price. It is also known as coriander leaves fritters or hara dhania patta ka pakoda. It is very crispy and tasty. Many people love to have it as a snack as well as a side dish with dal chawal (lentils curry with cooked rice). Many Bengali people also love it to have with ghee rice. [Read more…] about Crispy coriander leaves fritters – Dhone patar bora – Dhania patta pakoda
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5 best veg fritters (pakoda / pakora in English) for winter picnic
If you are an Indian then you definitely love to eat pakoda. Is this not true? I mean tea & pakoda are favorite snack to many people across the country. Who does not love to eat hot & crispy pakoda along with red & green chatni or simple tomato sauce? The taste of pakodas increases more during winter season. People enjoy those during cold weather along with a cup of hot tea or coffee. So nobody can imagine a picnic without veg fritters (pakoda / pakora meaning in English) as snack because during winters there are a lot of fresh vegetables available in the market. [Read more…] about 5 best veg fritters (pakoda / pakora in English) for winter picnic
Without this mushroom pakoda winter season is boring
So are you enjoying the winter season? Christmas is knocking the door. People are planning for New year’s eve celebration. Some foodie people are planning for the food menu of such party. Being an Indian, we all love pakoda and always want to have such hot & spicy pakodas in such menu. Pakoda does not need even any occasion to have. Chatting leisurely with friends & family members along with a cup of hot tea or coffee and those delicious pakodas are always enjoyable. Particularly if it is winter season then it would give you a heavenly feeling, haha. Is this not true? Though there are many options in pakoda, but the winter season is boring without this tasty mushroom pakoda. [Read more…] about Without this mushroom pakoda winter season is boring
Ripe banana pakoda (fritters) – A magical dessert as well as snack
Is this a dessert or a snack? or a starter? It is sweet in taste, crispy outside & soft inside. Haha!! So for foodies, it is just super delicious food. If you consume it just before your main course food then it may be considered as a starter but if you consume it after the main course then it is a dessert. I love to eat those pakodas as a light meal in the evening so for me, it is a snack. I used to say this banana based taler bora (Sweet palm fritters) because it is almost similar to taler bora in taste. [Read more…] about Ripe banana pakoda (fritters) – A magical dessert as well as snack
Malabar spinach (leaf based) fritter (pui shaker pakora) after the storm
My trellis was collapsed after the super cyclone Aamphan. There were two vines on the trellis. Those were malabar spinach plants and cucumber plants. Both were badly affected due to the super cyclone. But somehow I managed to repair it. But again a days after the super cyclone, this area was hit by a local storm (Kalbaishakhi). So I decided to shift or reduce the height of the trellis. So I cut a long vine of malabar spinach. A few leaves on the piece of the malabar spinach vine were super big and very suitable for this delicious malabar spinach (leaf) fritter or pui shaker pakora (bora). [Read more…] about Malabar spinach (leaf based) fritter (pui shaker pakora) after the storm