Oyster mushroom pakora | Kalan pakoda-Simple indian snacks recipe

Cuisine Style: Tamil nadu, South India | Preparation & Cooking Time: 15 minutes | To Serve: 2 | Take with: Curd rice, tea, coffee | Type: Easy snacks or crisps

Ingredients

• Oyster mushroom [Kalan]– 1 cup [5]
• Gram flour [besan flour, kadalai maavu] – 4 tbsp
• Rice flour – 2 tbsp or corn flour
• Corn flour – 1 tbsp
• Ginger garlic & green chilli paste – 1 tbsp
• Curd – 2 tbsp [fully whisked]
• Red chilli powder – ½ tsp
• Turmeric power – ¼ tsp
• Garam masala powder – ¼ tsp
• Pepper powder - ¼ tsp
• Oil for deep frying
• Salt to taste
• Water as needed

Preparation Method

• Wash & cut Oyster mushroom in to stripes or two.
• Add gram flour, rice flour, corn flour, Curd, salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, ginger garlic & green chilli paste, garam masala, pepper powder & water mix well without lumps. [cream or bajji consistency]
• Add Oyster mushroom into the batter mix well.
• Heat oil in a pan then deep fry Oyster mushroom till crisp on medium hot oil.
• Then drain on absorbent paper & serve hot with green mint chutney.

Oyster mushroom pakoda