Kakharu Phula Bara (Pumpkin Flower Fitters)

When we finalized our house last year, first thing I started doing was preserving pumpkin seeds from the pumpkins that I bought in the hope that once I am settled down I will plant them.
I did that and everyday I would wake up and see if the seedling has popped but unfortunately nothing happened so frustrated and desperate I went to home depot and grabbed a pack of pumpkin seeds and wala I have a garden full of pumpkin plant spreading all over. 
People plant a vegetable in the hope of fruit but I planted in the hope of loving flowers and greens ;)

If you plant pumpkins you would realize that initialing you get only 1-2 flowers a day and that too they die by the mid of the day. So what you can do is, pick flowers early in the morning and store then in a ziplock pack till you collect enough for everybody.

Ingredients:
  1. Pumpkin Flowers : 20 
  2. Rice: 1/3 cup
  3. Garlic: 4 pods
  4. Cumin seeds: 1 tsp
  5. Whole Dry Red Chilli: 2-4 (depending on how spicy the chillies are and how spicy u want the fitters to be)
  6. Salt as per taste
  7. Oil: 2-3 tbsp

Procedure:
Soak the rice, cumin seeds and whole red chilli for 30 mins.
In the meanwhile lets prepare the flowers.
Cut the stem from the flowers and carefully pull out the stem and the little style without tearing up the flower petals.
Grind the soaked rice, cumin seeds and red chilli into a almost smooth paste but not too smooth.
Add salt to the mix and remember the flowers are very thin so it will take a very little salt.
Heat a non-stick tawa.
Add a few drops of oil and let it heat up.
Deep the flowers in the batter and place it on the taws. If the flowers are really small join 2 flowers together and dip them in the batter and place it on the tawa.
Let it cook on one side and then flip it.
Cook till its crispy on both sides.
Remove from heat and enjoy hot as a snack or as a side dish with your meal.
Till then Happy Blogging.
Rakhee

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