Sweet potato cigars !..it may sounds bizarre to you. But you ll be surprised how delicious this crunchy, sweety, spicy sticks would be. Adding spiciness to this sweet vegetable, make this as complex flavoured dish. Try this for your kids party and sure they will love it.

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup grated sweet potato

½ cup grated potato

¼ cup grated carrot

1 tablespoon ginger-garlic paste

2 green chilies finely chopped

Few coriander leaves

4 tablespoons gram flour

2 tablespoons rice flour

1 teaspoon red chilly powder

½ teaspoon cumin powder

½ teaspoon coriander powder

½ teaspoon garam masala

¼ teaspoon turmeric powder

Salt to taste

For coating:

2 tablespoons corn flour dissolved in 3 tablespoons water

3 to 4 tablespoons semolina

INSTRUCTIONS:

Squeeze out the juice from carrot, sweet potato and potato completely.

In a bowl, add grated sweet potato, grated potato, grated carrot, onion, green chilly, ginger-garlic paste, coriander leaves and salt. Mix all these well.

Now add gram flour, rice flour, red chilly powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, garam masala, turmeric powder to above mixture and mix well. Set the consistency like cutlets, by adding more gram flour, if needed.

Now roll the mixture into sticks as shown in figure.

Dip it into corn flour water and then coat it in semolina.

Pre heat the kadai, add oil. Shallow fry the cigars all sides, till they turn golden brown.

Serve hot with ketchup or chutney & Enjoy !!