Omana Pola

Ingredients for Omana Pola:

1. Meat boneless – 250 gm

    Salt and water – As required

    Chilli powder – 1 small spoon

    Coriander powder – 2 small spoons

    Turmeric powder – ¼ small spoon

2. Oil – 2 big spoons

3. Onions – ¼ kg finely chopped

    Green chillies – 5, finely cut into pieces

    Crushed ginger and garlic – ½ small spoon each

    Coriander leaves finely chopped – 1 big spoon

    Curry leaves – 1 stalk

4. Garam masala powder – ¼ small spoon

5. Eggs – 2

6. Maida – 250 gm

    Salt and water – As required

7. Oil – For frying

How to prepare Omana Pola?

1. Mix together ingredients no: 1 and cook adding sufficient water. Water content should be fully absorbed when it’s done.

2. When contents cool, cut meat into fine pieces.

3. Heat oil and sauté ingredients no: 3.

4. Then add cooked meat and garam masala powder and mix well the ingredients.

5. Sauté for a few more minutes and take it off from flame. This mixture is used as filling for Omanapola.

6. To prepare pancake, blend well the eggs, and then add maida, salt and water and prepare the batter.

7. Heat a tawa, pour a little batter and spread in 6 inch radius.

8. Place 2 big spoons of filling at the centre and fold from 4 sides to make a square shape.

9. Now deep fry each one in hot oil and serve hot.

Source: Vanitha Magazine August 15-30 2016

Also read a few all-purpose flour (maida) snack dishes. Here is the page link. Click on the images in the gallery to read.