Monday 1 February 2021

Rayalaseema Pugyalu for uggani|| choor puggi || Onion Bajji || Adoni popular street food pugyalu

Rayalseema, Adoni special street food choor puggi or pugyalu || Onion bajji . Choor puggi recipe with step by step pics and tips. We also call this pugyalu as bur buri in Kannada. Surely you will thinking that- "Now what is this choor puggi yaar" right 😂 , choor puggi mean small bajji's. Hope you got some idea, d't stop here keeping reading you will get more information about my native place Adoni 😍.   I am born and brought up in Adoni city, Kurnool district. Adoni is famous for many things, mainly city with many religions so we Adoni people surely know Telugu, Kannada and Hindi/Urdu languages. Ranamandala temple, Maha Yogi lakshmama avva, Mangaraya temple, hanuman statue, Maremmavva temple, Panchamukki Anjaneya swamy temple, many church and masjid's. And Mantralayam - Lord Raghavendra Swamy temple is near to Adoni.  Adoni is also called as second Mumbai, as it is famous for marketing mainly cotton market in our childhood.  We had many cotton comities in Adoni, but many of them are closed now. 



     Uggani bajji is popular breakfast recipe in Adoni, some other popular street foods are mirchi bajji, bhel, gobi manchuria, cut mirchi, vankaya bonda, aloo bonda. Sweets like paal kova we get freshly prepared paal khova, khova bun, iyengar bakery puff, dil pasand. Drinks like nanari also known as suganda in some areas of Andhra and many more. Today I am sharing one of my family fav choor puggi or bur buri in Kannada, we also call it pugyalu in Telugu. This is prepared using gram flour, it is crispy from out and soft inside. This is best tea time snack, as side dish for lunch and we Adoni people love to have it with Uggani 😋.Surely there will be some name for this bajji's in your place, let me know that name in comment box. I saw this funny shape in my bajji, find fun in your cooking and enjoy your cooking skills 😍.


    Now d't ask me this creature name😄, just enjoy the way my baby squirrel enjoying 😍.




What is the difference between onion pakoda & this onion bajji 

** Onion pakoda batter will be thick, we prepare this using very very little water.
** For onion bajji we prepare batter not much thick or thin by adding water.
** Texture of pakoda will be hard and crispy inside and outside.
** Texture of this onion bajji will be smooth inside and crispy outside.
** Onion Pakoda shell life is more, it stay crispy for long time. 
** This onion bajji/pugyalu taste crispy for some time and have to finish it in a day. 

Let's start our recipe..

Foodie Monday Blog Hop

Taking this crispy and tasty onion bajji / choori  puggi recipe  to  FoodieMondayBloghop fb group's  #283StreetFoodOfIndia theme. By this time you are all aware that I am part of this lovely group where we bloggers share recipe for theme suggested by a person in alphabetical order every week. This week theme is suggested by "Priya Iyer" who bogs at "thephotowali". I love her presentation and clear explanation about recipes. I bookmarked her recent PavBhajjiGujarati Vatana valor bateta tuver nu shaak recipes to try soon. Do check out her blog for many healthy, regional and very interesting recipes from different places.  

                          

                                     Choor Puggi / Pugyalu 

Preparation time - 10 minutes
cook time : 20 min
Serves : 250 gms
Category : snacks 
Recipe Cuisine: Rayalseema 
Main ingredients : Gram flour
Author : Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients 

Gram flour / senaga pindi - 1 cup
rice flour - 1/4 cup
finely chopped onion - 2
finely chopped green chilli - 2 tsp
ginger pieces - 1 tsp
curry leaves - 1 sprig
coriander leaves - 1 tsp (finely chopped)
red chilli powder - 1 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
ajwain / carom seeds - 1 tsp
cooking soda - pinch(optional)
salt - as per taste 
oil - to deep fry

Instructions

1)  Add oil to heat in a wide pan on low flames and then take onions, chopped green chilli, ginger, curry leaves, coriander leaves in a wide bowl.


2) Now add gram flour, rice flour, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, salt, ajwain seeds and pinch of cooking soda to the above.

                  

3) Now add water little by little and mix batter, batter should not be too thick or too thin.


4) Now add 1 tsp of hot oil to the above and mix everything well.


5) Check oil heat by dropping some batter if it comes up quickly then our oil is ready to prepare bajji. Now take some batter with your fingers and drop it in oil. 



6) Fry the above both sides till it changes color. 


7) Repeat the same process for remaining batter, fry it both sides till it changes color on low to medium flames and take it into plate.


Tips


** Skip adding red chilli to get yellow color to bajji.
** You can also add ginger garlic paste instead of ginger.
** Instead ajwain/carom seeds you can also add cumin seeds.
**Do not fry bajji on low flames, if you feel oil is more heat. Then switch off the flames for sometime and start again.
** Serve this snacks with tomato ketchup or with any chutney's.

Hope you liked our Adoni popular street food Pugyalu, also check other snack recipes by just clicking the link below pic..

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6 comments:

  1. The Onion Bajji looks so good! I would love to have these piping hot, on a rainy cold day. Blissful!

    Love the pic of your baby squirrel! ❤️

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  2. Hearing this snack for the first time. Very different from the usual onion pakoras . Liked how you have sauteed the onions before adding to the batter

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  3. Lovely to see squirrel enjoying pakoda. Beautiful click. Onion pakoda looks so crispy crunchy and absolutely delicious. I would love to have it anytime as snacks or with hot khichdi.

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  4. Rayalaseema Pugyalu Looks so cute and Delish. Remember having this during my stay in Vizag . Your recipe has refreshed my memory.Just need some Garam masala chai to polish it off. Lovely recipe Aruna.

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  5. Your version of onion bhaji is very different from the Onion pakoras we make but sounds interesting ! I am sure it is a delicious treat with some chai on a winter evening.

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  6. Delicious all time favourite pakoras..my daughter especially loves these.. been a while since I made these, will make for the evening snack today.. loved the sight of your little friend enjoying this delicious snack.. lovely capture.

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