Kurkri Bhindi Evening Snacks

Ingredients

• 1/2 Kg fresh okra/Bhindi, split

• 6 tbsp gram flour
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 2 cups cold water
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper/Black Pepper
• 1 onion cutted in long length
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp ajwain
• 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
• 2 chillies finely chopped
• Oil for deep frying
• 1/2 tsp of chat masala to sprinkle

Method:

1. Heat oil

2. Mix gram flour and corn starch together.

3. Gradually add cold water  whisking continuously until you get a pancake batter-like consistency.

4. Mix spices and additional flour together and coat split okra, onioin in mix.

5. Add spiced okra to tempura batter and slowly place okra into hot oil. Let fry for 2-3 minutes then remove and drained.

6. Sprinkle Chat masala and serve it with hot tea in evening snacks.

SUN DRIED POTATO CHIPS

Ingredients

1. Potatoes 1 kg
2. Salt-4-5 spoon
3. 5 litres of water
4. Cotton or plastic sheet for drying.

Method:

1. Wash potatoes and peel them, put them in water
2. Start to slice these potatoes with the slicer as shown in image or with a knife
   
3. Put these slices in water and keep this water changing every 30 minutes for 4 times
4. At the 4^th time at 1 spoon of salt and cover the utensil with cover for overnight
5. In the morning, place a kadhai or boiling pan on flame on high add water, salt and bring it boil.
6. Now add sliced potatoes as per the capacity of the vessel, cover the vessel with a lid
7. Now let it cook for around 4 minutes on high flame
8. Drain water from vessel and make them dry on cotton or plastic sheet
   
9. Each slice should be put separately while drying otherwise slices will stick to each other.
10. It takes around 2 full sun days to dry these potato slices
11. Whenever you want you can fry these dry slices and your tasty potatoes chips are ready to serve
12. You can sprinkle Salt or chat masala on chips.

Tips

1. Store these dry slices in air tight container and you can store them for a year