| | | | Pakora is a common name used for Fritters in Hindi. Fritters made with any firm Vegetable is known as Vegetable Pakora - this can be Potatoes, Peppers, Cauliflower, Zuchini, Cabbage, Eggplant etc. This is a spicy dish and makes a perfect combination with Indian Tea on a wet weather.
Vegetable Pakoras can be made in advance and when ready to eat just spread them on a cooking sheet and heat in Oven at 300 deg. | Serves: | 2-4 | Preparation Time: | 10 mins | Cooking Time: | 30 mins | Ingredients:
| Gram Flour - 1 Cup
| | | Green Chillies finely chopped - 2
| | | Rice Flour - 3 tbsp
| | | Coriander Powder - 1 tbsp
| | | Oil for frying
| | | Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
| | | Coriander Leaves/Cilantro chopped - 2 tbsp
| | | Turmeric Powder - ¼ tsp
| | | Pinch Of Asafoetida
| | | Salt to taste
| | | Water - ¾ Cup
| | | Potato thinly sliced - 1
| | | Cauliflower thinly sliced - 8
| | | Peppers cubes - 8
| | Method: |
• First mix all the dry ingredients i.e Gram Flour, Rice Flour, Coriander Powder, Cumin Seeds, Salt, Turmeric Powder and Asafoetida.
• Add little Water at a time and mix to make a smooth batter. The consistency of the batter should be like a Pancake batter.
• Then add Green Chillies and Cilantro and mix well.
• Heat Oil in a Pan on medium high heat.
• Dip the Vegetable slices one at a time in the ready batter and slowly drop them in the frying Pan.
• Fry them on both the sides till golden brown.
• These Pakoras will take around 4 min to cook. Repeat the above steps with rest of the Vegetable slices.
• Crispy Vegetable Pakoras are ready to be served.
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