What is Kozhikal?
Kozhikal is the perfect evening snack with tea. It is a street food commonly available in Thalassery area, Kannur. The meaning of kozhikal in English is a chicken leg. However, this recipe doesn’t have chicken in it, it is a pure veg food, made of tapioca. A must-try recipe for people who like tapioca and spicy snacks.
It looks somewhat similar to the chicken leg, that’s how it might have got the name kozhikal. This is a crispy and a bit spicy masala coated fried tapioca, goes well with evening coffee/tea.
I have seen many times that people crowded around the thattukada(street food shop) near Thalassery bus stand with a cup of tea and a kozhikal in their hand. The smell itself when we pass nearby such shoppes make us feel like having/buying one right from there.
Ingredients
- Tapioca: 300gm
- Ginger: a small piece
- Garlic: 3
- Chilli Powder: 1 tsp
- Green Chilli: 2
- Rice flour: 2 tbsp
- Besan Flour: 3 tbsp
- Garam Masal:1/4 tsp
- Turmeric Powder: 1/4 tsp
- Asafoetida/Kayam: A pinch
- Curry Leaves: 6
- Salt: To Taste
- Oil: for frying
Kozhikal
Ingredients
- 300 gm Tapioca:
- Ginger: a small piece
- 3 Garlic
- 1 tsp Chilli Powder
- 2 Green Chilli
- 2 tbsp Rice flour
- 3 tbsp Besan Flour
- 1/4 tsp Garam Masal
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
- A pinch Asafoetida/Kayam
- 6 Curry Leaves
- To Taste Salt
- for frying Oil
that’s something new to me.
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