Sorakaya appalu / Bottle gourd patties

Ingredients

• Rice flour 3 cups
• Grated sorakaya/ bottle gourd( without seeds) 1cup
• Green chilli paste 2sps
• Ginger garlic paste 1 1/2 sp
• Chopped curry leaves 3sps
• Chopped cilantro 1/2 cup
• Sesame seeds 2sps
• Cumin seeds 2sps
• Salt to taste
• Bicarbonate soda 1/4 sp
• Oil for deep frying

Method

• Grate sorakaya/ bottle gourd and add rice flour, salt, chopped curry leaves, cilantro, chilli paste, ginger garlic paste, soda, sesame and cumin seeds
• Mix them well and add little water at atime to make a dough
• Should not be too smooth, it has to be as ur chapathi dough
• Heat oil in pan and make small balls with this dough
• Take greased plastic sheet and place one ball on it and press gently with ur hands
• Grease ur hands too and press them very thinly and drop each of these into the oil
• Fry till golden brown and remove
• Should not fry too long or till crisp
• These appalu are not meant to be eaten crispy, have to be little soft
• These can be stored in air tight container for upto 10days