KAKHARU PHULA BHAJA(THE RED PUMPKIN'S FLOWER FRITTERS)

take 10 \12 flowers...separate the lower parts and wash them in running water.....
keep each flower separately in a plate or tray.......

take 1 cup rice and soak it in water fr hr........

in a blender grind this soaked rice along with whole cumin ,red chilly

make a smooth batter

heat a non stick tawa with refined oil and shallow fry them and serve with any chutney  or sauce 

DHANIA PATRA BARA (CILANTRO TIKKIS)

ingredients required  =====  
3 cups chopped cilantro
3 tbl spoon gram flour
1 teaspoon rice powser or semolina(suji)
salt to taste
pinch of haldi powder
1 tblspoon chopped onion
1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
1\4 th teaspoon red chilly powder
2 tbl spoon refined oil for sallow fry
Method======
 in a bowl take chopped cilantro
add besan and rice powder or suji
salt and haldi powder
add ginger garlic paste and red chilly powder
mash them properly and add water if required
make flatten tikkis on your palm
and heat a tawa with oil on medium flame
just sallow fry them and wait till the both sides turn brown in colour
serve either with sauce or any chutneys.....

KAKHARU PHULA BHAJA(RED PUMPKIN FLOWERS FRY)

Ingredients

8 to10 pieces of  Kakharu phula / 1\2 cup rice / 1 tea-spoon cumin seeds / 3 to 4 garlic cloves / 2 red chilies / 2 table- spoon little gram flour (besan)or corn flour / oil for fry 

Method

Clean the pumpkin flower and wash it neatly…soak rice in water for 1\2an hour…Make a fine paste of rice cumin seeds, red chili and garlic and add besan in that… add little water so as, you can deep those flowers into that batter…Put another kadhai on the gas…pour little oil…wait till hot…Deep the flowers one by one into the batter and fry as the both sides will be brown in colour…it’s very tasty and is a favorite dish in Odisha…

CHACHINDRA BHAJA(SNAKE GOURD FRY)

Ingredients

2 snake gourds / 5 table spoon besan(gram flour) / 1 tea-spoon cumin seeds / 1 tea-spoon crushed ginger and garlic / 1\2 tea-spoon chili powder / 1 tea-spoon turmeric powder / salt to taste / 1 tea-spoon curry powder / oil for frying 

Method

cut snake gourd into round pieces…wash and boil it with salt and 1 and 1\2 tea-spoon of turmeric powder and water…after it is boiled drain out rest of the water and keep aside in a bowl…add besan, cumin seeds, curry powder, salt, rest turmeric powder, red chili powder, crushed garlic, ginger and mix it well…Put a kadhai on your gas…add oil for frying…when oil becomes hot, fry these snake gourds till brown… then serve with tomato sauce…

CHHATU BARA (MUSHROOM TIKKIS

Ingredients required

250 gm mushroom

Besan fr binding

1 big size Chopped onion

3 chopped green chillies

4\5 chopped garlic flakes

1\4^th teaspoon cumin powder

1\4^th teaspoon coriander powder

Red chilly powder as per your taste

Salt to taste

Pinch of haldi powder

Oil for frying

Method 

First clean mushroom n wash them properly

Fry them with little oil till the water contents evaporates

Them keep aside till becomes cool

Add all the spices written above n make some tikkis \press the balls between palms to give it a round flatten shape….

Shallow fry them on tawa n serve hot with any pickles or sauces in winter chilled morning….