Easy Homemade California Walnut Recipe

Chef Varun Inamdar shares this easy make-at-home recipe…

California Walnuts Baroda Fulwadi…

Ingredients: 3/4 cup gram flour, 1/2 California walnut powder, 1/2 teaspoon crushed coriander seeds, 1/2 teaspoon sesame seeds, 1/2 teaspoon crushed fennel seeds, 1/2 teaspoon sesame seeds, 1/2 teaspoon carom seeds, 2 teaspoons sugar, 2 teaspoons yoghurt, 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder, 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder, Salt to taste

Preparation

1. Combine all the ingredients in a deep bowl and mix well.
2. Add water and knead into a semi-stiff dough.
3. Divide the dough into marble-sized portions and shape each portion into long cylindrical bullets.
4. Heat the oil in a deep non-stick pan and deep fry few fulwadis at a time on medium-slow flame till they turn golden brown in colour, crisp and cooked.
5. Drain on an absorbent tissue paper.
6. Cool completely to store it in an airtight container.

California Walnuts Kanda Bhaji

 Ingredients: 1 cup onions, thinly sliced, 1/4 cup California walnuts, chopped roughly, 1 tablespoon crushed coriander seeds,1 teaspoon green chilly chopped, 1/2 cup gram flour, 1 teaspoon salt, Oil for frying

Preparation

1. Slice the onions thinly and place in a mixing bowl.
2. Massage the salt into the onions and allow them to rest aside.
3. Add gram flour to the sweating onions.
4. Add California walnuts, coriander seeds crushed and green chillies.
5. Massage all of this together till the gram flour moistens and coats every onion slice.
6. Heat oil for deep frying in the pan.
7. Make little clumps and fry on medium flame, fry till they turn crisp and golden brown.
8. Remove the bhaji on absorbent kitchen napkins.
9. Serve hot and crisp with fried green chillies.