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After a long gap , once again Odia Khana Khazana is back with a new and delicious recipe named " Pakudi Tarkari " also known as Pakodi Tarkari.

Also read : How To Prepare Odisha Moong Dali Tarkari ?

Pic : Pakudi Tarkari

Ingredients Required :

Preparation Steps :

Part I : Preparing Pakodas

Put 2-3 cup of gram flour/besan in the bowl
Add 1/2 tea spoon full of coriander powder
Add 1/2 tea spoon full of Jeera powder
Add 1 cup of well chopped onion , you can add more than it if you are Onion lover.
Add 1/2 or 1 full tea spoon full of well chopped green chilli for making the pakoda spicy.
Add 1/2 tea spoon full of turmeric powder
Add 1/2 tea spoon full of sabji masala. It will create a special taste to the item.
Add salt based on your taste.
Now add good amount of water and mixed everything till it turned into a good gravy type.
Leave the mixture for 1/2 hour. This will help the entire thing to get mixed with each other and you will get perfect mixture ready.
Create small-small pieces out of this mixture and put it on a plate.
Fry them till they turned gold colour. Remember you have to fry till your see gold colour.
Pakoda is ready .....tannn...tanaaaa.... :)

Part II : Preparing Recipe

Put a pan on the burner and add some refined oil and let it heat for sometime.
Add some green chilli, chopped onion and fry till everything get well fried.
Add the Indian bay leaves and fry it till they turned into golden brown colour.
Add tomatoes ( well chopped ) in it. Add salt and mix it.
Leave the item for 5-10 minutes and check if tomatoes got well mixed.
Add turmeric powder 1/2 tea spoon full, 1/2 tea spoon full of sabji masala and cook the mixture till everything get into a nice gravy.
Add little water so that you get a good gravy and leave it for cooking for 5 minutes.
Now add the prepared Pakodas in this cooked gravy.
Your pakudi tarkari is ready to serve....... !
Present to your family and enjoy it ;)