Saturday, August 24, 2013

Broccoli Kola Urundai/Broccoli Balls

Broccoli is one the most hated vegetable in my home before few years, but now its one of our most favourite vegetable. Recently i tried my hands in making a fantastic starter aka snacks with this antioxydant rich vegetable, yes i tried kola urundai with broccoli florets. Usually kola urundais are prepared with minced meats, but somehow we do make kola urundais with veggies like raw banana,banana blossom. Since i chosed this week's blogging marathon with after school bites as theme, am posting this healthy, addictive and very crispy snacks.

You can serve very well this broccoli kola urundais for any occasions,these balls are definitely a crowd pleaser and quite easy to feed anyone with this veggie. Personally making kola urundais with broccoli is one of the best way to sneak this healthy vegetable and its a kid's friendly dish. Once you finished frying these balls, just serve your kids and see how fast these crispy balls will gets vanish. Am sure this kola urundai will become a family favourite if you prepared them at home. Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#31.


1no Small broccoli head
1tbsp Fennel seeds
1tsp Poppy seeds
2nos Garlic cloves
4tbsp Coconut
4nos Dry red chillies
7tbsp Roasted gram/pottukadalai
1no Onion (chopped finely)
Few curry leaves
Oil (for frying)
Salt

Grate the broccoli and saute it in a pan with some oil until they get shrinks and the water gets evaporated.

In the same pan,heat few drops of oil and saute the chopped onions,curry leaves until the onions turns transculent.

Grind the poppy seeds,coconut,garlic cloves,fennel seeds,dry red chillies as fine powder.

Also grind the roasted gram as fine powder.

Now take the sauteed onions, cooked broccolis, grinded spice powder, roasted gram powder and salt in a bowl.

Mix everything well to form a dough.

Pinch out medium sized balls from it and keep aside.

Heat the oil for deepfrying. Drop the rolled balls to the oil..

Fry in medium flame until they turns golden brown,drain the excess of oil with a paper towel.

Serve with ketchup.

28 comments:

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

very very delicious and wonderful innovation .. no one can beat your combo's and healthy innovations aks :)kola's look super delicious :)

Nargis Aara said... Reply To This Comment

Ive never tasted broccoli ever, cant think of hw it shall taste, but the recipe sounds interesting :)

great-secret-of-life said... Reply To This Comment

delicious kola ...Nice innovative recipe

Manju Modiyani said... Reply To This Comment

these look yum! can be used with manchurian sauce too. Very innovative!

vaishali sabnani said... Reply To This Comment

Very healthy broccoli balls..I like the flavors in it.adding fennel and gram flour will surely make it delicious.

Home Cooked food said... Reply To This Comment

Yummy snack idea.

Srivalli said... Reply To This Comment

Priya, such lovely pictures..and the snack sounds great..I love that sauce next to the balls..

Sweet'n'Savoury said... Reply To This Comment

They look so cute, love the green popping from inside

Poornimacookbook said... Reply To This Comment

very innovative recipe and surely i am going to try this.

cookingwithsapana said... Reply To This Comment

Wow , those tiny balls looks crunchy and yummy!

CQUEK said... Reply To This Comment

Looks very tempting!

The Pumpkin Farm said... Reply To This Comment

very intelligent to use brocolli, looks very interesting

Shama Nagarajan said... Reply To This Comment

drooling !!!

Shanthi said... Reply To This Comment

wow..amazing recipe..healthy way to eat our favorite food...

Rafeeda AR said... Reply To This Comment

Really innovative recipe akka... :)

Oriyarasoi said... Reply To This Comment

i dunno hw you manage to do it everytime....those veggies are just like clay in your hands.....lovely!!

Vimitha Durai said... Reply To This Comment

Very healthy kola urundai

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Innovation .superb kofthas.

Janani said... Reply To This Comment

So nice Priya u have done it again yet another innovative and healthy balls for kids so yumm my kid loves broccoli

CbeFoodBlogger said... Reply To This Comment

Versatile dish. Bookmarked

Lifewithspices said... Reply To This Comment

wow too good ones..

Harini R said... Reply To This Comment

love the green and healthy koftas!

Pavani said... Reply To This Comment

Yummy looking urundai. Love the addition of broccoli.

jayanthi said... Reply To This Comment

Really novel vegetarian kola urundais. Cant stop with one, I am sure

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

wow aks samma addictive and healthy starter :) love the green inside superb

Rumana Rawat said... Reply To This Comment

I love the way you have plated akka:)

Chitz said... Reply To This Comment

Haha, we too hate this veggie.. Now I know what to make of these to include in my diet.. Looks very inviting :)

Padmajha said... Reply To This Comment

Really a very superb way to feed children!Looks awesome Priya