Gothambu / Wheat Ottada

Wheat Ottada can be served during breakfast or at snack time.

INGREDIENTS:

• Wheat flour  - 2 cups
• Grated coconut - 1cup 
• Sugar - 1/2 cup
• Salt to taste
• Water  - As required
• Banana Leaves

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Mix the Grated Coconut and sugar for filling.
• Add Water and Salt to Wheat flour and make a dough.
• Make the dough into small balls.
• Flatten the dough on a rectangular banana leaf using finger tips and little water. 
• Put a some coconut mix and spread it in one half of the ada.
• Fold the banana leaf in half. 
• Heat a Pan / Thava / Chatti.
• Put each ada in it and sprinkle some water.
• Cover it with a pan and cook in medium heat.
• Roast the ottada on both sides till the banana leaf turns brown and the ada detaches from the leaf.

Beetroot Vada

Beetroot Vada is a quick tea time snack. It is a healthy and nutritious vada. kids also love this colourful and
delicious snack.

INGREDIENTS:

• Grated Beetroot - 1 cup
• Finely chopped Shallot - 10 nos or  Onion - ½ cup 
• Beasn Flour / Gram Flour / Kadala Maavu  - 1 cup
• Finely chopped Ginger - 1 tbsp
• Red Chilly - 3 nos
• Curry Leaves - 1 stem
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Mix chopped shallot,chopped Ginger, chopped Red chilly,Curry leaves, Beetoot and salt with gram flour/ Kadala maavu.
• Sprinkle some water to make a thick dough like parippuvada dough.
• Heat oil in a pan .
• Take small amount of the mixture and make a ball. 
• Flatten the ball in to a round shape using hand.
• When the oil is hot put each one slowly and fry both sides.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Black Coffee or Tea

Ethappazham Cutlet / Banana Cutlet

Ethappazham cutlet is a variety cutlet.I got this recipe from a blog "Pazham pappadam Payasam" while trying variety Banana based snack . I've modified this recipe in my own way.

INGREDIENTS:

• Rippened Banana- 2 no
• Sugar 1 - 1 tsp
• Grated Coconut - 1tbsp
• Ghee - 3 tbsp
• Bread crumbs - ½ cup
• All purpose flour - 1 tbsp
• Oil for frying

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Cook the bananas(with skin) in a steamer.
• Peel off the skin and mash well.
• Heat 1 tsp Ghee in a Pan.
• Add grated coconut and roast for 2 minutes.
• Add sugar and mashed banana in to it and mix well.
• Saute this mixture for 2 minutes in medium fire.
• Remove this from fire and let it cool.
• Make small balls from this mix and flatten them.
• Heat remaining ghee in a pan.
• Mix water with Maida in a bowl to make a thin batter like water.
• Dip the flattened patties in it and roll them in bread crumps.
• Fry each patties in ghee till it turns golden brown on both sides

Ottada

Ottada can be served during breakfast or at snack time. Ottada is a traditional food, ada wrapped in banana leaf roasted in 'cheena chatti'. The smell of roasted banana leaf takes me back to my childhood days.

INGREDIENTS:

• Roasted rice flour  - 2 cups
• Grated coconut - 1cup 
• Sugar - 1/2 cup
• Salt to taste
• Water  - As required to make dough
• Banana Leaves

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Mix the Grated Coconut and sugar for filling.
• Add Water and Salt to rice flour and make a dough like chappathi dough.
• Make the dough into small balls.
• Flatten the dough on a rectangular banana leaf using finger tips and little water. 
• Put a some coconut mix and spread it in one half of the ada.
• Fold the banana leaf in half. 
• Heat a Pan / Thava / Chatti.
• Put each ada in it and sprinkle some water.
• Cover it with a pan and cook in medium heat.
• Roast the ottada on both sides till the banana leaf turns brown and the ada detaches from the leaf.

Cabbage Vada

It is a quick and delicious snack. It tastes similar to parippu vada.

INGREDIENTS:

• Finely Chopped Cabbage - 1½ cup
• Finely chopped shallot - 10 nos or  Onion - ½ cup 
• Besan Flour / Gram Flour / Kadala Maavu  -  1½  cup
• Finely chopped Ginger - 1 tsp
• Red Chilly - 3 nos
• Curry Leaves - 1 stem
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Mix chopped shallot, chopped Ginger, chopped Red chilly, Curry leaves, Cabbage, salt and gram flour/ Kadala maavu.
• Make a thick batter using little water (like parippu vada consistency).
• Heat oil in a pan.
• Take small amount of the mixture and make a ball. 
• Flatten the ball in to a round shape using hand.
• When the oil is hot put each one slowly and fry both sides to a golden brown colour.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Black Coffee or Tea