"everyday cooking'- kobi chi vadi/ steamed cabbage and gram flour rolls

Ingredients

• 1 cup cabbage finely chopped
• 1 and 1/2 cups Gram flour/ Besan
• 1 tablespoon corn flour
• 1 teaspoon garlic ginger paste
• 1/4 cup roasted sesame seeds
• 1 teaspoon tamarind extract+ 1 tablespoon jaggery mixed in little water
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
• salt
• oil

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Preparation

• Mix together cabbage, Gram flour, corn flour, turmeric, cumin, chili powder,sesame seeds, ginger garlic paste,salt etc. Knead with the tamarind-jaggery water. The dough is very sticky.
• Add only as much water as necessary to make semi soft dough. If dough is too hard, vadis will be hard and dry. If too soft, it will be hard to make into logs.
• With oiled hands, roll the dough into log shape. Place the logs into oiled vessels.
• Steam in pressure cooker without whistle for 20-25 minutes.Let them cool.
• Cut out thin slices/ discs from the cooled roll. Shallow fry in oil untill golden brown and crisp .
• Garnish with roasted sesame seeds and serve warm with ketchup.