BREAD PAKODI :

Preparation & cooking time – 1/2 hr

Serves – 3 persons

Storage – 1 day

Cuisine – Andhra

Ingredients:

3 Bread slices each cut into 2 triangle slices
1 1/2 cups - besan (gram dal flour)
½ cup - rice flour
2 tbsp – red chilli powder
4-5 - green chillis, finely chopped
2 - large onions, sliced
few - curry leaves
salt to taste
pinch of cooking soda
oil for deep frying

How to make:

1 Combine both the rice and gram flours with salt, soda, green chillis, curry leaves,red chilli powder and onions. Combine well till u have a crumbly texture.
2 Add few tablespoons of water and mix well that it forms a hard batter(like gatti onion pakodi batter). Don’t add too much water.
3 Heat enough oil in a deep frying pan.place small amount of onion pakodi mixture on the top of the triangle bread slice and drop in the oil to form bread pakodi. Reduce heat to medium and deep fry till they turn golden brown. Use a ladle to keep turning the pakodi, so that it cooks on all sides.
4 Once they turn golden brown, remove them on to absorbent paper.
5.Serve bread pakodi with tomato sauce or with any chutney or with any pickle.