Breadfruits are thinly sliced & are beautifully coated with a bright red, spicy, rice batter. They are then delicately deep-fried to make the most amazing fritters on this planet. These breadfruit fritters are spicy, creamy, soft & do melt in your mouth. Breadfruit is used a lot in Konkani cuisine. It is called as Jeev Kadgi in Konkani. We prepare yummy Phodi's of breadfruits called as Jeev Kadgi Phodi. Phodi's mean shallow fried or deep-fried veggies in Konkani. Jeev Kadgi Phodi is prepared mainly in two ways - by deep frying and by shallow frying
Ingredients
For the masala paste:
1/2 cup dosa rice
15 dry red chillies
2 tsp salt
Generous amount of hing/ asafoetida
Soak rice in water for 30 mins, wash well, discard the water
Grind with red chillies,hing and salt, adding little water. Make a smooth paste and keep aside.
For the fritters:
1 fresh breadfruit/ jeevkadgi / jeevgujje /Deevi halasu
1/2 tsp salt
Prepared masala paste as per taste
1/2 cup rice flour
1/4 cup chiroti rava (optional)
Oil for deep frying
Procedure
Remove the skin of the breadfruit and cut into 1/4 inch thick slices, as shown in the picture
Put immediately in the water to avoid it from turning brown
Discard the water, apply little salt, mix well
Add the masala paste as per your taste, mix well and keep aside for 10- 15 mins.
Roll each slice in the mixture of rice flour and rava
Heat oil and deep fry on a medium flame, until it turns crisp and golden colour
Serve hot with rice and dal.
You can also have this with coffee or tea.
Store the remaining masala paste in the fridge. You can use it to make any other fritters like gobi, raw banana, raw jackfruit, yam, pumpkin or bitter gourd fritters.
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