Pumpkin Flower Fry

INGREDIENTS

• 10-12 Pumpkin Flowers
• 1 Tbspn Rice
• 1" Ginger
• 5-6 Garlic Cloves
• Green Chilly, as per taste
• 1 Tspn Cumin Seeds
• Pinch of Turmeric
• Salt, as per taste
• Oil

METHOD

• Soak the rice for a couple of hours.
• Rinse the soaked rice and blend to a coarse paste along with the ginger, garlic, green chilly and cumin seeds. The batter should not be too watery nor too thick.
• Wash the pumpkin flowers and carefully remove the petals.
• Heat a tawa and drizzle oil on it.
• Take two flowers at a time and dip them into the batter. Coat them completely. Place on the pre-heated tawa and cook till golden brown. Flip and repeat for the other side.
• Relish it as a snack with chutney or have it as a side dish.