Sorakaya Appalu

Ingredients :

Sorakaya/Bottle gourd -- half , finely grated

Rice Flour

Ginger-Garlic paste -- 1 tsp

Peanut powder -- 2 tsp

Chillis -- 5

Corriander leaves-- 1/4 bunch

Salt -- to the taste

Cooking Soda -- pinch

Soaked channa dal -- 1/2 cup

Oil -- for deep-fry

Method :

1. In a blender,grate chilli and corriander leaves

2. Mix grated bottle gourd,riceflour,salt,ginger-garlic paste,peanut powder, chilli-corriander mix,

salt,soda,soaked channa dal without using water.

3.Add the rice-flour slowly and mix it without any water..as the moisture in bottle-gourd is enough.Make it as hard in consistency.

4. Make equal balls of the dough

5. On a polytheylene paper, apply some oil and pat the dough into small circles as shown in pic.

6. Now heat oil in a pan and deep-fry the appalu till they turn brown

Make sure that the ingredients should not dominate the flavour of Bottle-gourd

very healthy snack for kids