Recipe: Eating on a Dime Pumpkin flower fritters

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Recipe: Eating on a Dime Pumpkin flower fritters Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Pumpkin flower fritters. I used male pumpkin flowers took out the "male" part. I'm sure it can be quite good but it just missed the mark for us. Perhaps I should do two flowers together & paint on the batter.

Basically the pumpkin plant has two variety of flowers : male and female.

Only the male flowers are plucked for fritters and the female ones are left as they are capable of growing.

When you are looking for something crunchy and appetizing yet light snack, try cooking these Pumpkin (Zucchini) Flower fritters or Fried Pumpkin Flowers Recipe!

You can cook Pumpkin flower fritters using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Pumpkin flower fritters

  1. You need of Pumpkin flowers.

  2. It’s of rice (soaked for 20-30 mins.).

  3. You need of dry red chilli.

  4. You need of garlic cloves.

  5. It’s of green chillies.

  6. Prepare of cumin seeds (Jeera).

  7. Prepare of turmeric powder (Haldi).

  8. It’s of Salt.

  9. It’s of Water.

  10. You need of Oil (for shallow fry).

The first time I tried them I was a bit reluctant, I have to admit it.

They are just the Pumpkin flowers deep or pan-fried in.

Pumpkin Flower Fritters Recipe The batter is mostly prepared with soaked rice, the traditional way of doing it.

The coarse texture of rice brings a crispiness to the dish.

Pumpkin flower fritters step by step

  1. Firstly soak the rice for 20-30 mins..

  2. Meanwhile, cut out the lower part of the flower. Clean the flowers and pat dry on napkin. Keep aside..

  3. Then take a blander jar, add soaked rice, garlic, green chillies, red chilli and cumin seeds in it and blend it. Make a smooth batter of medium consistency..

  4. Add some salt and turmeric powder in the batter and mix it well..

  5. Then take a pan and heat some oil on medium flame..

  6. Take one flower, dip it into the batter and place it on the pan. Repeat the process..

  7. Cook it till crisp on one side then flip it and cook the other side too. Fry until both sides are crisp..

  8. Odiya style pumpkin flower fritters are ready😀 You can have it with rice daal or it can be served at tea time..

It will give a nice smooth texture.

Pumpkin Flower Fritters Pumpkin flower fritters or kaddu ke phool ke pakode is a relishable snack as well as an inviting side dish.

Pumpkin flowers are rich in iron, folate, calcium as well as vitamin A, vitamin C, phosphorous, magnesium and potassium.

Pumpkin flower fritters aka kakharu phula bhaja (in odia) / kumro phool bora (in bengali) are very tasty and very popular in Odisha as well as West Bengal.

These fritters can be easily and so quickly made at home.