Pumpkin Flower Fritters

Any kind of fritters are my weakness, they can be made of anything like onion, potato, brinjal, fenugreek leaves, coriander leaves, spinach leaves,lentils, chilli is the best I enjoy. I can have them for breakfast, lunch, dinner, they could be fresh or stale!! Anything is good enough. The bottom line is that I love fritters, famously called bhajis in Mumbai. This one is a lovely bhaji or fritter to have, the one made with pumpkin flowers, yummm.....I would have loved to put the flower as the main picture but the final product is important so I have compromised.

Ingredients

8 pumpkin or zucchini flowers as available, remove the stalk leaving a small portion as it is and wash 

3 cups of chickpea flour (besan)
1/4 cup corn flour ( for making crisp fritters )
1/4 cup rice flour (for making crisp  fritters)
1 tspn chilli powder
1 tspn coriander powder
1/2 lime squeezed
1/4 tspn carom seeds (ajwain)
Soda bicarb as required
Salt to taste

Method

Mix all the above ingredients except the pumpkin flowers in a mixing bowl to make a semi solid batter.

Heat oil in a kadhai, put a tiny drop of the batter, if the drop floats immediately on the oil, then the oil is hot enough for us to start, dip each flower in the batter to coat it completely, leave it in the oil very gently so you do not burn your hand, do the same with all others taking care to see that the oil is not too crowded giving space for  each fritter to float up and cook well. Fry them on a little higher than sim till golden brown and crisp. Enjoy as they are or with any chutney, sauce of your choice.