Recipe: Perfect Ridge Gourd Fritters/Turai Pakoras

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Heerekayi Bonda - Ridge Gourd Fritters - Turai Pakora - Beerekayi Bajji. When you bite into a Heerekayi Bonda (Ridge Gourd fritters) your taste buds are sure to be confused. The outer layer is crispy and spicy and even before the saltiness is experienced a natural sweetness from the vegetable. You can cook Ridge Gourd Fritters/Turai Pakoras using 16 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Ridge Gourd Fritters/Turai Pakoras

1. You need 5-6 of Ridge Gourd sliced.
2. Prepare 1 tsp of Salt.
3. You need 1 tsp of Ginger garlic paste.
4. Prepare 1 tsp of Cumin powder roasted.
5. You need 1 tsp of Coriander powder roasted.
6. It's 1 tbsp of Red chilli powder.
7. It's 1/4 cup of Coriander Leaves finely chopped.
8. It's 2 of Green chillies finely chopped.
9. Prepare 2 cups of Gram Flour or Besan.
10. It's 1/8 tsp of Asafoetida.
11. Prepare 1/8 tsp of Baking Soda.
12. It's 1/2 tsp of Dry Mango powder or Amchur.
13. Prepare 1 tsp of Chaat Masala.
14. Prepare 1 tsp of Fenugreek Leaves dried ones.
15. It's as required of Water.
16. Prepare as required of Oil for frying.

Ridge Gourd Bajji is a famous pakora or fritter across South India. It is termed Beerakaya Bajji in Telugu, Heerekai Bajji in Kannada, Peechinga Bajji in Malayalam and Peerkangai Bajji in Tamil languages. We make these bajjis or fritters as an evening snack or as a Naivedyam during festivals like Ugadi, Sankranti and Dasara. Dip the ridge gourd discs in a batter, making sure that the batter is well coated on all sides before gently dropping it into a hot oil, one at a time.

Ridge Gourd Fritters/Turai Pakoras instructions

1. Make a smooth semi thick batter with all the ingredients mentioned. Use water accordingly. Wash and peel the Ridge Gourds and slice them as thinly as possible. Or can slice a little bit slantingly giving it a rhombus shape as I did. It's up to you to decide. I have used Fan dried Fenugreek Leaves in the batter to give them a unique flavour and aroma. The recipe for the dried Fenugreek Leaves is on my account here. Do check it out, friends..
2. Deep fry them on a medium-high heat in hot oil until done. Cook well on both sides turning at regular intervals for even cooking. It is a must to switch sides to cook well on both sides..
3. Serve them piping hot with any Chutney of your choice with a sprinkle of some Chat Masala on top. It really gives it a nice aroma and flavour. Enjoy!.

Ridge gourd slices are dipped into a spicy gram flour batter and then deep-fried. These snacks are healthy and delicious. Ridge gourd bajjis are soft and juicy inside and crunchy outside. Udupi Style Heerekai Bajji Recipe is a delicious Ridge Gourd Fritters Recipe that can be put together in a jiffy. The bajji is essentially made from ridge gourd which is dunked in spicy besan batter and fried in a kuzhi Paniyaram pan this will make it much healthy than the authentic version of frying in a deep oil.