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Panchratan namkeen recipe

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Panchratan namkeen recipe is a sweet & spicy mixture of 5 ingredients named crispy potatoes, cashews, raisins, almonds and curry leaves as the prime one.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Snack
Cuisine Indian
Servings 1 Bowl

Ingredients
  

  • 4 potatoes medium to big sized
  • 15-16 cashews
  • 15-16 Almonds
  • 28-30 Raisins
  • 15-16 curry leaves
  • 1 tbsp sugar powdered
  • 1 tsp Chaat masala
  • 1/4 tsp Black pepper powder
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil for frying
  • Lots of water

Instructions
 

  • Peel the potatoes and place them in a bowl carrying water, otherwise they will turn brown.
  • Take another big sized bowl having water in it.
  • Take grater and choosing largest grating holes, start grating potatoes. But grate only in one direction from upwards to downwards and not in up down position.
  • Once all 4 potatoes are grated, you will have the potato gratings, also called laccha, lying in water.
  • Now it's a time to wash potato gratings (laccha) and for that 2 bowls are required.
  • Wash potato gratings in one bowl, then shift to second water bowl.
  • Change the water of first bowl, wash and shift potato gratings from 2nd bowl to first bowl.
  • Likewise you need to wash potato gratings from one bowl to another bowl everytime changing the used water.
  • Repeat this process of washing for about 4 to 5 times or until the water carrying potato gratings turn clear. This was to be done to remove starch from potatoes.
  • Finally pass the potato gratings from a sieve draining all water.
  • Spread potato gratings on a clean kitchen towel or cloth.
  • Pat dry the gratings so that all extra water gets disappear.
  • Put gratings in hot oil. Initially bubbles will be seen on the surface of oil.
  • Don't disturb the gratings in oil unless bubbles settle down.
  • Once bubbles sit down, move gratings with a spatula and let them turn slightly brown.
  • Take fried potato gratings out on a paper nepkip so that extra oil gets absorbed.
  • Now put spatula in oil and add almonds. Fry till crisp and then take out on paper nepkip.
  • Likewise fry cashews and curry leaves to crisp.
  • Fry raisins until they puff up and keep all aside on paper nepkip.
  • Now take a bowl, add fried potato gratings (lacche), cashews raisins and almonds. Also add fried curry leaves by crushing them roughly with hands. Mix everything gently without breaking potato gratings.
  • Lastly add powdered sugar, chaat masala, black pepper powder and salt. Mix.
  • Do taste and adjust the seasoning if needed.

Notes

  1. Potatoes are kept in in water because peeled potatoes when exposed to air, turn brown due to starch enriched.
  2. While you are grating one potato, note that rest of the potatoes should remain inside water.
  3. This namkeen can be eaten during fast/vrat too. However some may have objections with chaat masala because certain beliefs and home traditions of some devotees don't allow them to eat chaat masala during fasting. You can act as per your preferences.
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