Maida Ponganalu | Evening Snack’s | Andhra Recipes

Maida Ponganalu recipe –  Ponganalu is a easy and tasty deep fried snack recipe made with three different flours, green chily, onion and curd.  Serve with peanut chutney and tea/coffee.

Ponganalu is a traditional evening snack prepared in Andhra Pradesh. Generally left over dosa or idli batter is used in making these ponganalu.

Today I used maida ( all purpose flour), rava and rice flour. These are combined with onion, green chilly, plain yogurt (curd) and coriander leaves to form a thick dough. The dough is  deep fried to golden brown.

Serve the maida ponganalu with peanut chutney.  Though you can serve with any other chutney like carrot capsicum chutney, I think these tastes very good with peanut chutney.

Maida ponganalu with a cup of masala tea, is a perfect snack on a cold winter day.

If you are looking for more snack recipes, please take  a look at my

Sweet Corn Vada

Gunta Ponagnalu 

Sweet & Spicy Corn Chaat

Rice bonda

You can also check the Instant Rava Vada video in my YouTube channel – Madhu’s Everyday Indian

Maida Ponganalu:

Ingredients:

• All purpose flour (Maida) – 3/4 th cup
• Rava / semolina – 1/4 th cup
• Rice flour- 1/4 th cup
• Large Onion- 1
• Few Coriander leaves
• Green chilly- 4 or as desired
• Sour curd – 1/2 cup
• Few Curry leaves
• salt to taste
• Water as needed.

• Finely chop the onion, green  chilly, coriander leaves and the curry leaves. Place them in a bowl.
• Add all purpose flour, rava, rice flour, curd and necesssary salt to the chopped ingredients.
• Mix well.
• Now slowly add the water little at a time to get a slightly thick batter.
• Heat oil for deep frying. when the oil gets hot, put small  droplets of the dough in the and oil.
• Fry the Ponganalu in medium flame, and cook till light brown on the outside.
•  Serve hot with chutney of your choice.
• Enjoy the maida Ponganalu with a cup of tea or coffee.