Kakdi Vade / Cucumber fritters

To make 25-30 medium sized fritters

Ingredients

Kakdi / Cucumber - 4

Rice flour - 1 cup

Gram flour / Besan - 1/2 cup

Onion - 1

Green chilies - 5

Cloves of garlic (big) - 2

Ginger - 1 inch piece

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Coriander powder - 1 tsp

Cumin powder - 1 tsp

Garam masala - 1/2 tsp

Carom seeds / ajwain - 1 tsp

Baking soda - a pinch

salt to taste

Oil for frying

Procedure

• Grind the ginger, garlic and green chilies together and keep it aside.

• Wash the cucumbers well and cut off the stems. Then grate them.
• Add ground ginger, garlic and green chilies paste. Then add turmeric powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, garam masala, chopped onion and salt to taste. Mixture will lose lot's of water. So there is no need to add extra water to make the batter.

• Add gram flour and rice flour. Mix this up really well. Finally add pinch of baking soda and batter is ready.

• Drop a spoonful of batter in a hot oil. You can fry 8-10 fritters at a time. Fry them nicely till they get nice brown color from both the sides. Transfer them onto a paper towel. 

• Serve them hot with any chutney or tomato ketchup.