Healthy junk.....

The other day my daughter was asking me a question."mom why can't all the junk food be healthy and you never have to say no to junk food ?"...( Her favorite foods are potato chips,corn chips and if feels to eat healthy food then vegetable chips). I smiled and said "if it is junk food it can't be healthy and if it's healthy it can't be junk". she is like "awwwww you are confusing me".That's how i got the idea of healthy junk and i got a recipe that qualifies for the title.The recipe is vegetable pakora. Mmmmm...enough with my chatter and let's dive into the recipe.

Ingredients:

• 11/2 cup chick pea flour/besan
• 2tsp garam masala
• 1tsp red chilly powder or according to spice level
• 1 cup cabbage diced(like you do for noodles)
• 1 medium size onion
• 1 bell pepper diced(big size,any color)
• 2 carrots diced into thin and long (1 inch) pieces
• 4 green chillies(optional)
• oil for frying

Recipe:

• Dice all the vegetables uniformly, add salt and mix thoroughly
  
• Keep them aside for 5-10 min so the water oozes out from the veggies.
  
• Add garam masala,chilli powder t the besan/flour and mix.
  
• Now add the flour to the veggies little by little and mix thoroughly.
  
• You can add water at this point to mix the flour and veggies.
  
• The batter should not be too loose.
  
• In a kadai/pan heat oil for frying .
  
• Once the oil is hot take the pakora mixture and add little by little to the oil.
  
• Fry till they are golden brown and remove.
  
• Serve hot with ketchup or your favourite sauce.

**You can add any of your favorite veggies to this recipe.I also add some rice flour or corn flour to besan to make the pakoras crispy.

They make a great snack especially on a cold winter day........have fun!!