Halwai February 11, 2025

Ingredients:

• Finely chopped Cabbage – 1 cup
• Finely chopped Gobi – 1 cup
• Finely chopped Carrot – 1/2 cup
• Finely chopped green beans – 1/4 cup
• Finely chopped Onion – 3/4 cup
• Finely chopped coriander – 1/2 cup
• Finely chopped capsicum: 1/2 cup (optional)
• Finely chopped beet: 1/4 cup (optional)
• Fresh / frozen green peas: 1/2 cup
• Maida / all purpose flour: 1 cup
• Corn Flour: 1 tbsp
• Small Bread Sticks: 12 -15
• Ginger-garlic-green chilli paste – 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil

Method:

  1. Mix all the vegetables, onion, coriander and salt. Keep aside for 15-20 minutes.
  2. Dry roast maida and keep aside to cool.
  3. Squeeze out excess water from the vegetable mixture.
  4. Add maida, cornflour and ginger-garlic-green chilli paste to this mixture. Mix well.
  5. Make oval shaped balls and insert one bread stick in each ball. Press well.
  6. Heat oil in kadai. Deep-fry these balls till golden brown.
  7. Serve hot with any sauce or chutney.

Recipe courtesy of Mahalakshmi Senthil