Coriander Triangle

Coriander triangle

Ingredients:-

Chopped coriander -2 cup

Gram flour-1 ½ cup

Ginger garlic paste-1 tbs

Chilly -2crushed

Red chilly powder-1 tsp

Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp

Roasted sesame seeds-1 tbs

Crushed peanut(roasted) -2tbs

Lemon juice - 1 tbsp

Sugar-1/4 tsp

Oil-2 tsp

Salt to taste

Water -1/4 cup

Oil for deep frying or shallow frying

Method:-

• Mix all the ingredients in bowl (except oil for deep frying )
• Add sufficient water to make a thick batter, ensuring that the consistency is not too thin. Batter should be of pouring consistency

For steaming:

• Take any flat utensil /plate that is at least one and half inches deep with a diameter of 6-7 inch which can be placed in pressure cooker easily
• Pour the batter into a greased plate.
• Add 2-cup water in cooker and place any medium height metal jali so that mixture filled utensil can be placed easily on top of it
• Place the utensil filled with mixture in the pressure cooker and cover it with help of lid
• Remove the whistle. Steam on high heat for fifteen to twenty minutes .
• The mixture should be cooked and firm (How to check -if it is cooked: the mixture will start looking firm and bound together, Insert a thin knife into it and then take out , if it comes out clean, it indicates that it is cooked. If not, then steam for some more time.)
• Once cooked, allow it to cool.
• Then remove the steamed mixture/cake on a tray and cut it into triangle shape
• Shallow fry or deep fry in hot oil till crisp and brown 
• Serve with coconut chutney or tomato sauce.

Tips

• Add small amount of besan and water at a time.
• You can freeze these triangles and it stays good up to 1 month.
• Instead of coriander you can use til leaves, methi leaves, or spinach
• It can be cooked in pressure cooker with pressure - one or two whistle required for the same