Jammu special Dabara Recipe | how to make Jammu street food Dabare
Jammu special Dabara Recipe are basically the spiced potato patties coated in gram flour batter and deep fried to golden brown.
Ingredients
1 cup = 250 ml
FOR BESAN BATTER
- 1 cup gram flour/besan
- Salt to taste
- 1/2 tsp carom seeds/ajwain
- Water as required
FOR MAKING DABARE
- 4 boiled potatoes (medium sized)
- 1 tbsp ginger (grated)
- 2 green chilies (chopped)
- 1 tbsp coriander seeds
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- Red chilli powder to taste
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1 tbsp amchur/dry mango powder
- Pinch of hing/asafoetida
- Salt to taste
- Oil for frying
Instructions
MAKING OF BESAN BATTER
- Add besan, carom seeds and salt in a bowl. Be careful, potato patties too have salt.
- Slowly add water while whisking.
- Make a batter which is neither too thin nor too thick. Keep aside.
MAKING OF DABARA
- Grate boiled potatoes.
- Add ginger, green chilies, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, red chilli powder, garam masala, amchur, hing and salt. Be careful, besan batter to have salt.
- Mix everything together. You need not to make a dough.
- Now take a small portion and assemble it like a pattie. However you need to worry about uneven edges because dabara is like this only.
- Make all the patties.
- Dip each one in besan batter and immediately take it out otherwise the pattie will break.
- Put it in the pan having some hot oil.
- Shallow fry on medium heat till brown from both sides.
- Take them out and enjoy hot.