Kumro Fuler Bora / Pumpkin Flower Vada
It is one of my favourite Bengali traditional starter. Nowadays, it’s really tough to get it in market. It’s made from pumpkin flower.
Serving Size: 2
Cooking Time: 30 mins
Ingredients:
- 10 Pieces Kumro Ful
- 1 Onion ( Small Pieces)
- 1 Cup Besan or Bengal Garam Flour
- A Pinch of Baking Powder
- Salt to taste
- 2 Green Chilly
- 1 tsp Red Chilly Powder
Cooking Procedure:
Wash the flower properly.
Smash and mix pumpkin flower with onion.
Add besan, salt, baking powder,green chilly, red chilly powder and water.
Heat oil in pan and deep fry it.
Serving Suggestions:
Serve it as appetizer or eat with rice and dal as a side dish.
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Wow, the Boras look awesome! By the way, where do you buy the pumpkin flowers in Canada? I’ll search whether we have these here. Also, you ‘mashed’ the flowers and didn’t ‘smash’ them, right:-)?
This is the chopped flower. I made it when I was in Kolkata. I don’t think we get it anywhere in North America. I love to see pumpkin flower here some day though. Here is the traditional Kumro Ful Bhaja … http://masalatize.com/appetizers/kumro-ful-bhaja/
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