Pumpkin Vada

Vada is the popular snacks. It’s made with various things. Today it’s experiment with pumpkin. It’s a precious deep fried “pumpkin vada “. Vada is known recipe for every one but with the pumpkin it's quite uncommon, i hope you would never like to miss.

Let me tell you some benefits of the Pumpkin.  Scientific name is Cucurbita maxima.

Pumpkin is a storehouse of many anti-oxidant vitamins such as vitamin-A, vitamin-C and vitamin-E. Zea-xanthin is a natural anti-oxidant which has UV (ultra-violet) rays filtering actions in the macula lutea in retina of the eyes. Thus, it helps protect from "age-related macular disease" (ARMD) in the elderly. The fruit is a good source of B-complex group of vitamins like folates, niacin, vitamin B-6 (pyridoxine), thiamin and pantothenic acid. It is also rich source of minerals like copper, calcium, potassium and phosphorus. It is one of the very low calorie vegetables. 100 g fruit provides just 26 calories and contains no saturated fats or cholesterol; however, it is rich in dietary fiber, anti-oxidants, minerals, vitamins. The vegetable is one of the food items recommended by dieticians in cholesterol controlling and weight reduction programs.

Time required: Less than 15 minutes.

Ingredients:
● 1 cup pumpkin pest ● 3 tbsp garam flour ● 2 medium size onion finely chopped ● 5 to 6 green chillies finely chopped ● 1 tbsp coriander leaves finely chopped ● ½ tsp red chilli pd
● ½ tsp oregano ● Refined oil ● Salt to taste

Procedure:

Step 1: Take the pumpkin pest in a bowl.

Step 2: Add onion, green chilli, coriander leaves, red chilli pd, oregano, some salt and add garam flour for bindings. 

Step 3: Mix the mixture very well.

Step 4: Shape the mixture into circles.

Step 5: Deep fry them in hot oil until golden brown.

Enjoy with hot coffe.