Baquorah/Omani Gramflour Fritters ~~ Omani Cuisine

Amazing landscapes, scenic beaches, inspiring deserts, picturesque fields and cascading waterfalls fallen makes Oman as a country that is truly beautiful. Obviously  its cuisine is definitely very flavourful and delicious.Well known  rice with chicken or beef, marinated with special spices, like ‘qabuli with lamb meat’ or lamb biryani, djaj foug el eish are famous Omani dishes.Succulent dishes includes chicken with homos and vegetables, makboos chicken muscat style, chicken qabuli al battena style and chicken arssiya are also known for their flavours and their unique tastes.An Omani table will never be complete without seafood to create a spread that is truly rich in taste and nutrition. Fresh fish, shrimp and the very finest bounties of the sea are prepared to delightful perfection. What makes Omani cuisine deliciously distinctive is the way it borrows Asian tastes and flavors and incorporates them into typical Omani dishes to make it appealing and appetizing to every palate.Yes you can see Indian touch in most of the Omani dishes. Their dishes are definitely healthy balance of vegetables, meat and rice, infused with the mouth-watering aromas, delicious tastes and appealing presentation make it a cuisine that is unmatched in flavor and nutrition. Truly, the people of Oman and their guests are favored with food.

When its comes to World cuisine with alphabets, few alphabets are really challenging as we dont have many Country option to cook. One among the challenging Alphabet is 'O',for O we dont have that much choice, apart from Oman. Obviously i picked Omani cuisine for this long month's blogging marathon with world cuisine as theme. I was surprised to see that Omani cuisine have Indian touch in most of their dishes and this Baquorah is one among dish which ressembles quite like our Indian pakodas.These baquorahs are served as appetizier as well as snacks with a cup of their favourite Omani Tea. Gramflour with few vegetables are needed for making this crispy and very spongy pakodas. Actually egg is used in this fritters which i skipped it. Dunno whether the addition of egg would have made any changes in the texture of this pakodas, may be i'll try later as we loved this fried beauties very much.I picked this Omani gramflour fritters from here.

1cup Gram flour/Chickpeas flour/Besan
3/4cup Water
1/2tbsp Baking powder
1/4tsp Baking soda
Salt
1cup Chopped onions
1/4cup Grated carrots
1no Tomato (chopped finely)
2nos Green chillies (chopped)
2pinch Black pepper powder
1/2tsp Cumin powder
Oil

Take the flour,baking powder, baking soda, salt, onions,carrots, tomatoes, green chillies, black pepper powder, cumin powder in a bowl,mix all of the ingredients together and let sit for 30 minutes.

Heat oil for shallow frying.

Drop by tablespoons of this batter to form small balls or small patties in the oil.

Turn once and cook on both sides until they turns golden brown.

Cook this fritters in medium flame else they will brown on the outside before the fritters gets well cooked inside.

Drain on kitchen paper.

Serve warm.

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