Sorakaya Appalu (Patties) / Bottle Gourd Patties

This is the most popular snack / appetizer in Andhra Pradesh.Even some of the Telugu people don't know about this snack.This is my hubby's one of favorite snacks.After my marriage this is the first snack I made for my hubby. Of course he liked it very much.Whenever I invite friends for lunch / dinner,I prepared this patties as appetizer really they like this appalu very much. Making of this patties is also similar to Pappu Chekkalu with some variation,but these patties are not crispy,these are smooth patties.you can also replace bottle gourd with pumpkin(white,yellow).

Ingredients :
Tender Bottle Gourd - 1 medium sized
Rice Flour - 3 to 4 cups(add according to bottle gourd)
Green chilly - 8 to 10
or
Red chilly powder - 3 to 4 tbsp
Sesame seeds - 5 to 6 tbsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - 1 spring
Spring Onion - few(optional)
Coriander leaves -few
Salt to taste
Oil for deep fry
Method :
First remove bottle gourd peel and grate the gourd.Grind the green chillies(with out stem) into fine paste.chop the curry leaves,coriander leaves,spring onion.

In wide bowl add rice flour,grated gourd,here add rice flour according to the bottle gourd moisture,add chopped leaves,chilly paste,salt.

mix well.

make a soft dough.If the bottle gourd is tender then no need of water to make dough beacause the tender gourd has lot of water.

make lemon sized balls out of dough.Grease one polythin paper and fingers, press the ball on the paper into round pattie shape with fingers. make a hole in center(making of hole is optional).

Heat the oil in a deep pan drop the pattie into heat oil fry for both sides of pattie like poori on medium flame.

drain them in a tissue paper.

you can also fry this patties on chapathi frying pan like chapathi.

serve hot with curd or butter.it can be store upto 2 days.