Halwai June 19, 2023

Ingredients:

• Boiled Potatoes – 2
• Puffed Rice (Pori in Tamil) – 1 cup
• Turmeric powder – a pinch
• For Omapodi:
• Besan Flour – 1.5 cups
• Rice Flour – 1/2 cup
• Salt and Hing – a little
• Chilli Powder – 1/2 tsp
• Oil – 1 tsp
• For Sweet Chutney:
• Tamarind – ping pong ball size (soaked in warm water)
• Jaggery – 3 to 4 tsp
• Dates (optional) – 2 (seeds removed after soaking in warm water)
• For Green Chutney:
• Coriander leaves – a small bunch
• Mint leaves – half a bunch
• Green chillies – 1 or 2
• Salt – little
• For Red Chutney:
• Tomato – 1 big, cut to pieces
• Onion – 1/2, cut to pieces
• Saunf – 1/4 tsp
• Salt – little
• For Garnishing:
• Slices of onion, slices of tomato, Coriander leaves chopped.
• Chat Masala Powder – a pinch

Method:

  1. Prepare omapodi by mixing all the above ingredients with a little water into a stiff dough and then by piping them into hot oil through a presser with small holes. | Remove and drain when fried.
  2. Grind sweet chutney with ingredients mentioned above by adding water.
  3. Grind green chutney with ingredients mentioned above by adding water.
  4. Grind red chutney with ingredients mentioned above by adding water.
  5. Now take a bowl add pori, smashed potatoes, omapodi (broken to very small pieces), turmeric powder and mix well.
  6. When well mixed, pour all chutneys one by one, mixing very well.
  7. Finally garnish with above mentioned items.
  8. Transfer to serving plate and serve immediately else it will become soggy.

Recipe courtesy of Madhu Balu