Food
Winter snack: From Buranshke ke pakode to Kand ka bhajia, quick pakodas recipes for chilly evenings
A spiced fritter called pakoda is produced using veggies, lentils, and other ingredients.
Winter is the right time to enjoy the weekend by gorging on some delicious goodies. One of the most traditional pairings for a lazy winter evening is pakodas and a warm cup of tea. A spiced fritter called pakoda is produced using veggies, lentils, and other ingredients.
Here are 4 unique delectable pakoda dishes from Kashmir to Gujarat so try something different and enjoy this winter.
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Uttarakhand: Buranshe ke pakode
This Uttrakhand’s famous Gudhal ke Pakode recipe involves rhododendron flowers. This species of flower is native to Uttarakhand, while a few can be found in Himachal Pradesh as well.
It is indeed odd to hear a pakoda made from flowers, the bright red flowers are not fried entirely the petal is only dipped in besan or gram flour. The deep-fried easy-to-make crispy pakodas are definitely delicious.
Manipur: Maroi nakuppi bora
The graceful herbs, Garlic chives the so-called Maori nakuppi is grown in large quantities in Northeast India.
These Manipuri Fritters are fried with the most common base used for pakodas which is gram flour. Maori nakuppi bora is just awesome to warm the wintertime chills.
Kashmir: Nadru Moinj
Nadru Moinj the so-called Kashmiri lotus stem fries is a unique pakoda from the alluring valley of Kashmir. Rice flour is used in nadru moinj and it tastes crispy when it is deeply fried.
This Kashmiri homemade delight is a fried snack made from lotus stem. The dip for frying can either be gram flour or rice flour. This is a highlighted snack enjoyed across South Asia.
Gujarat: Kand na Bhajia
Kand na Bhajia is a famous pakoda recipe from Gujarat. The purple yam pakoda is best known for its delicious taste and pretty unique colour.
These yummy and eye-catching fritters are easy to make. This traditional bhaji is crunchy and it is all time favourite snack of Gujaratis.
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75 Bengaluru chefs’ magnum opus: A 123 feet dosa
Chef Regi Mathew shared the video of the making of the 123.03 feet dosa on Instagram. Chef Mathew wrote he is thrilled to announce a historic milestone at MTR! Proudly celebrating the 100th year anniversary with a Guinness World Records title for the longest dosa, measuring an incredible 123.03 ft!
75 chefs in Bengaluru created the Guinness world record for world’s longest dosa on March 15. Chef Regi Matthew and his team, MTR foods celebrated its centenary with the monumental achievement. The world’s longest dosa-making process involved food experts and culinary school staff. The team was successful after 110 failed attempts.
Chef Regi Mathew shared the video of the making of the 123.03 feet dosa on Instagram. Chef Mathew wrote he is thrilled to announce a historic milestone at MTR! Proudly celebrating the 100th year anniversary with a Guinness World Records title for the longest dosa, measuring an incredible 123.03 ft!
This monumental achievement took place at MTR factory in Bengaluru on March 15th, 2024. Chef Mathew thanked lorman group of company, students of MS Ramaiah College of Hotel Management and everyone who contributed to the momentous occasion.
Following the feat, the dosa was distributed to local schools, surrounding communities, and MTR employees. Under the guidance of MTR’s Cuisine Centre of Exellence, this achievement not only commemorates MTR’s century long legacy but also underscores Bengaluru’s enduring reputation as a hub of culinary innovation and excellence.
The video has got more than 23000 views on Instagram. Large number of Chefs and members of the culinary world commented on the social media post. Chef Bhasin congratulated Chef Mathew and said he was happy this had finally happened. Suresh Reddy congratulated Chef Regi and said this achievement is another feather in his cap. He said he should keep going and God may bless him!
One social media user said she will like to taste the dosa to be sure if it can be eaten. One user said the table at his house is 150 ft long and this dosa may fit. Earlier a team of chefs in Ahmedabad set the Guinness World Record for making 53 ft long dosa in 15 minutes.
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Bhindi samosa has social media users in horror
The social users on the internet were highly disappointed on seeing the video. The video was posted by food blogger foodi_ish. The video has become viral on social media with 4078 likes.
The internet is known for different bizarre food trends. One such crazy food trend which caught the fancy of social media users is Bhindi Samosa. In a video circulating on Instagram a roadside samosa vendor can be seen preparing crispy samosas.
On closer inspection he picks up a cripy samosa and and breaks it into half. What followed in the video alarmed the users on the Instagram handle. The samosa was filled not with a filling of potato, but with the filling of okra. The social users on the internet were highly disappointed on seeing the video. The video was posted by food blogger foodi_ish. The video has become viral on social media with 4078 likes.
Large number of users were annoyed on seeing the bhindi samosa and commented on the video where one user Prerna said she would never eat bhindi as a vegetable dish and was shocked to see its filling inside the samosa.
One user asked why had the person carried out such an experiment? One user Ruby said it seemed to her the samosa would be tasty. Another user started taking the names of gods and goddesses as she could not understand why the person had filled the samosa with okra.
Another user Raman was so annoyed on seeing the bizarre food experiment that he said that Instagram should have put a dislike button on its website. One user Pawan said the person preparing the samosa should have put potatoes along with okra as filling.
One user Ronny Shetty failed to understand what was the reason that the samosa vendor went to such an extent to put Indian cuisine in such danger. Another user commented that he would never eat such a thing ever in his life. One user said that it is better to eat at home than trying such bizarre food recipes.
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Dosa with 8 cockroaches served at Connaught Place restaurant, would it have been crunchy?
Ishani asked her friend to record a video of the cockroach infested dosa. But one of the staff members came forward and took away the plate before they could finish the recording. Ishani called the police and filed a police complaint against the restaurant. The Police assured the two women that they would investigate the matter.
Ishani and her friend visited Madras Coffee House in Connaught Place, New Delhi on March 7 for lunch. They ordered a plain dosa, but they were in for a shock when they discovered many black spots on the dosa. On closer inspection the two women found 8 cockroaches in the dosa.
Ishani asked her friend to record a video of the cockroach infested dosa. But one of the staff members came forward and took away the plate before they could finish the recording. Ishani called the police and filed a police complaint against the restaurant. The police assured the two women that they would investigate the matter.
Talking to the media, Ishani said this incident has left a bad taste on her mouth and she had a lot of doubts in her head regarding the operations at Madras Coffee House and its licence. She said she will be careful in ordering food at any restaurant now onwards. She said she would always have doubts about the level of hygiene maintained at the restaurant.
She asked did the restaurant authorities make regular visits to check their hygiene level and licences? She said she doubted it because if they did then this would not have happened. Anubhav Nanda, the manager at Madras Coffee House apologized for the incident which occurred at the restaurant.
Recently in a similar incident at a private restaurant at Selaiyur in Tambaram has come under the state food safety department’s scanner after a girl found a dead cockroach in a beverage which she had ordered there. The girl had ordered a tetrapack of flavoured milk and her parents had also filed an online complaint regarding the incident. The food safety officer of Tambaram Senthil Arumugam told the media that a team is going to carry out an investigation of the outlet in order to find out potential violations and collect samples for testing.
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