Phodis Filed under ( Amchikele Randap/Konkani food, Fries and Podis, Mangalorean Recipes )

There is no dearth of deep-fried goodness in konkani food. There is a endless variety of phodis and ambados.
Phodi : They are deep-fried veggies.. They are marinated with a dryish paste of (red chillies+hing+salt and rice,soaked in water). The veggies used for phodi’s tend to be vegetables which have a low content of water in them. Root Vegetables like Suran (Indian yam), Sweet Potato..Phagil,Goint etc. work best.They are sliced thin and fried on medium heat for quite a bit longer making them crisp and chewy.

Phagil/Kantola
Phodis anytime…when we have them we never think of cholesterol, they r fried all sort of things. We r open hearted at it ;) Whenever Amma made phodis Sud…nd me both used to have our lunch first and then eat the podis….sometimes we used to luk at each others plate if he or me has more……Miss those days L.
Now the difference is I luk into my hubby’s plate…….he he he he. One fine afternoon we skipped and just had phodis. I have 3 types of them for u now.
Phagil/kantolas ,Goint, Mashinga Saang(drumstick).


Left side is Ghoint/Parwal and Roght side is Phagil/Kantola


We need:
For the paste:
Rice- 1 Cups(soaked in water for 5 hrs) (u can adjust according to qtty of veggies)
Red chillies – 20 (it doesn’t create lozza spice u can add more)
Hing /Asafetida – a pinch
Grind all these ingredients into a dry paste (do ot add much water. U can store this in fridge if remaining for more than a week)


For Phodis:
Phagil -7 Cut into semi thin slices (lengthwise)
Ghoint -7 Cut into length wise
Mashinga Saang -4 (Cut into 4” )
Salt to taste
Oil for frying (I used coconut oil)

Mashinga saang

Method:
Apply the paste salt to the phodis and rest it for ½ n hr (make sure every slice is covered vth the paste). Then deep Fry them till semi crisp. (method is same for all the 3 types).


Now add lots of ur Love and Serve it will taste Yum.
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