Rainy day in Bangladesh means spicy jhalmuri, piazoo, bhuna khichuri, ilish mach, gorur gosto and etc. How about introducing a new dish on that line. I found the taste- new, tasty & spicy and very easy to make. When the rain starts, you can not expect to cook something that is time consuming. As you do not know how long it is going to stay. You have to be superfast, tell every one to gather around the balcony, by the time all of them are gathered & have started finding the topic for the debate, you should be ready with your hot n spicy boras. (patties)
Recipe follows:
Ingredients:
Kochur chora/ Taro root-6-8 in no.
2 small onions or shallot-grated,
Dried red chilli flakes- 1-2 tsp,
Whole cumin seeds-1 tsp,
Chopped curry leaves,
Salt -per taste,
1 Tbsp of maida/all purpose flour mixed with 1/2 tsp of baking powder,
Shrimp paste/chingri balachao-1 tsp, (available in grocery stores)
1 egg yolk.
Method:
Peel & grate kochur chora/Taro root with a peeler & grater. Use the bigger whole.
Grate onion, squeeze excess water & mix the onion with kochu.
Now mix the remaining ingredients very well.
Take only egg yolk & mix with the above mixture. Do not use whole egg as the mixture will become runny. But, if you are using double the no. of kochu, you can use the whole egg. Idea is to not the mixture runny.
Now mix 1 tsp of shrimp paste with the mixture. Be careful with the salt, as the store bought shrimp pastes usually are salty.
Now get a feeling of the mixture if they are ready to be fried, if it feels too runny, u can add flour to make it thicker until it holds well.
Now, heat some oil in a pan. deep fry the bora until golden brown & crispy.
Drain in a paper towel.
Serve with chili & tamarind sauce.
Enjoy, the rain!
