Squid Rings a perfect non-veg snack during monsoon with a cup of tea. Squid rings are deep fried with a batter, which comes out very crispy and delicious. Only thing here is do not over fry them, as they would become chewy. Let me share the recipe…
Squid Rings
Ingredients:
Squid – ½ kg (cleaned and thinly sliced).
Black pepper powder – ½ tsp
Chilli powder – 1 tsp
All-purpose flour/Maida – 4 tbsp
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying
Making of Squid Rings
Preparation:
Take all-purpose flour/maida in a bowl, add the black pepper powder, chilli powder, salt. Mix well.
Pour little water and mix it to a fine paste, make sure no lumps are formed and it should be thick.
Heat oil in a kadai, add the squid rings to the batter, and mix it well.
Gently drop the rings one by one to the oil, and deep fry them until they turn golden brown.
Soththu Vadagam is my all-time favorite, right from my childhood. My mom use to make this a lots in summer and store it in an air-tight container. As these vadagam required to be sun dried, the perfect season for making these vadagam’s are summer.
Bangalore weather is very moderate, neither too cold in winter nor too hot in summer. But this time, the summer is Bangalore is boiling and so I found it quite suitable for making these vadagam’s, else I use to buy this in a nearby grocery shop which is so expensive else I get it in bulks whenever I am to my hometown.
These vadagam’s are made from the leftover rice which is fermented overnight in water and then grounded to a paste with little salt and pressed with a mould to desired shape. A perfect summer leftover recipe with rice, never miss to prepare and store it. Let us move on to the recipe…
Soththu Vadagam / Rice Crackers
Soththu Vadagam / Rice Crackers
Ingredients:
Steamed rice – 3 cups
Salt – as required
Oil – 1 cup
Making of Sothu Vadagam / Rice Crackers –
Preparation:
Take steamed rice in a wide mouth bowl, pour 3 to 4 cups of water or until the rice sinks in water.
Cover with the lid, and leave it overnight. Let it ferment.
Next day morning when you open the lid, you could see the rice fermented.
Drain the water, add in the rice to the blender and them blend them well to a fine paste.
Transfer it to a bowl. Take the press (murukku press or icing cone), scoop 2 to 3 tbsp of grounded paste to the press.
Spread a white cotton cloth, and squeeze the press from top to down of the cloth, so that the rice paste falls to a line in the cloth.
Now sundry the cloth for 3 to 4 days or until the rice paste dries well and becomes like a stick.
After its done, remove the vadagam from the cloth, if not able to remove turn the cloth to the other side, sprinkle little water over the cloth and pull the vadagam.
Spread it in a plate and sundry for 3 to 4 hrs.
Store it in an air-tight container.
Heat a cup of oil in a kadai, drop in the vadagam and deep fry them until they double in size.
Drain the oil and store it in an air-tight container once it comes to room temperature, else it would become soggy.
Already I have shared one fish fry recipe and this one is completely different from that because I have induced Maize flour/Cornmeal as the base of fish fry. As usual collected this from of the cookery shows in Television by Chef. KiranJethwa
Fish fry was crispy, soft and delicious with the flavor of Maize flour. The most important is very easy, simple and little time consumption recipe, even kids can prepare themselves. I have served it with tomato ketchup and Strawberry Kiwi Mojito as of Summer. Let us move on to the recipe…
Maize flour, chili powder, salt and coriander leaves
All together with water
Fish getting coated in the batter
Fish getting dipped in egg mixture
Fish getting fried
Fish Fry (Fish and Chips Style)
Fish Fry (Fish and Chips Style) with Strawberry Kiwi Mojito
Preparation:
Clean and slice the fish into square or rectangle size.
Clean and finely chop the coriander leaves, keep it aside.
In a plate, spread the maize flour, chili powder, salt and white sesame seeds. Mix it well.
Pour in ½ cup of water and mix it well with your finger to a paste.
Beat egg with little salt in a bowl, until the egg is fluffy.
Pour oil in a kadai, keep in medium flame.
Coat the fish pieces with the maize flour paste and dip it in the egg mixture.
Gently drop the fish pieces in the oil, deep fry both the sides, until it turns golden brown in color.
Remove the fish from the oil, drain the oil and transfer it to a plate.
Serve hot with Tomato Ketchup. Goes out well along with a cup of tea as tea-time snack or as a brunch. As of summer I have served it with Strawberry Kiwi Mojito.
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