Onion shoots pakodi with ginger, mint black tea

Onion shoots taste great when added to pakodi. Today's evening snack was garden fresh onion shoots, palak, green chilies, curry leaves, red amaranth.

Ingredients

Bean 1 cup
Salt as required
Green chilies 2
Ginger a small piece,thinly sliced
Red amaranth a few
Curry leaves a few
Fresh coriander leaves
Palak a little
Onion shoots a bunch
Kalonji a little
Ajwain a little
Red chilli powder a tsp
Turmeric powder a little
Coriander powder a little

Method

* Chop all greens, chillies, onion, ginger

*In a large bowl mix in Besant, chopped greens, onion, ginger, green chilies, kalonji, ajwain,salt, turmeric powder,red chilli powder,and very less water. Carefully blend them into a soft thick batter.

*Keep oil for frying. When it's medium heat use a spoon to scoop small portions of besan batter and put it in the oil. Fry till golden, crispy brown.

*Remove in kitchen paper napkins and let it absorb any excess oil.

*Serve with masala chai  and hari chutney.

Ginger and mint black tea

Ingredients

Tea powder 1 tsp

Sugar 1/2 tsp

Ginger grated 1 tsp

Mint leaves a few

Water 250 ml

Method

In a tea pot add tea powder, grated ginger, mint leaves and sugar. Boil water and pour into this mixture. Wait for a while and enjoy your ginger, mint black tea.