Potatato Tokari / Basket
After Filling the Sweet Corn & Pomegranate Mixture
Ingredients :
- 4 Potatoes
- 1 Tbsp Cornflour
- 1/2 Tsp Salt
- 2 Cups Fresh Sweet Corn seeds
- 1/2 Cup Pomegranate seeds
- 1/2 - 1 Tsp Lime Juice
- Red Chilli Powder as per taste
- Chat Masala as per taste
- Oil for Deep frying
Method :
Peel the potatoes and grate them thickly and keep in salt water for 5 min.Then take them out and squeeze out the water from grated potatoes. Add Corn flour and mix it well in potatoes.Take some portion of it and place in a steel / aluminum tea strainer (channi) and spread on all sides of strainer.Press on top to tie them together to form a nice Basket /Tokari shape. Then holding strainer deep fry in hot oil on medium flame till the basket / tokari is golden brown and crispy.The strainer should be dipped in oil completely and properly. Now remove stainer from the oil & tap it softly to unmould the basket or with the help of knife remove it slowly & softly.Likewise make other baskets / tokaris and keep aside.
Now for the filling,steam cook sweet corn seeds till they become little soft.In a bowl take cooked sweet corn seeds, pomegranate seeds, lime juice, chat masala, red chilli powder and Mix well. Now fill this mixture in potato baskets / tokaris and serve.