• Turnips, quartered 1.25 kg
• All-spice 1 gm
• Oil to shallow fry
• Onions, sliced fine 60 gm
• Red chili powder 2.5 gm
• Roasted gram lentils, powdered 30 gm
• Salt to taste

Fry sliced onions in 1 tablespoon oil till golden brown and crisp.

Grind coarsely. Boil turnips in water.

When cooked discard the water.

Taking a few pieces of turnips at a time, wrap them in muslin and squeeze out as much liquid as possible.

Discard the liquid. Mash turnips finely.

Add salt, red chilies, all-spice, gram powder and ground onions.

Mix and knead well. Divide mixture into 8 equal parts.

Flatten and shape into patty rounds with wet palms.

Shallow fry on a griddle pan till golden brown.

Re-fry for a minute and serve hot with biryani or pulao.

by Pak101.com (few years ago!) / 1983 views