Bread Pakora
Bread Pakora a popular deep fried snack made with bread slices dipped in chickpea batter with or without potato filling.
Equipment
- Non-stick pan
- Kadhai
- Ladles
- Mixing Bowl
- Knife to cut bread
Ingredients
- 10-12 Bread Pieces
Chickpea Batter
- 1 Cup Chickpea Flour
- a pinch Asafoetida
- 1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
- 1/4 tsp Caraway Seeds
- Salt to taste
Potato filling
- 2-3 Potatoes
- 2 tsp Oil
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
- 2 tsp Coriander Powder
- 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
- 1/2 tsp Dry Mango Powder/Amchur(optional)
- 1 tsp Garam Masala
- 1/2 Tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1/2 tsp Fennel Seeds
- Salt to Taste
- Oil for frying
Instructions
Chickpea Batter
- Take Chickpea flour in a bowl.
- Add all red chilli powder, caraway seeds, asafeotida and salt in flour and mix.
- Add a cup of water and mix lightly. Take care not that lumps are not formed. If lumps are formed you can mix with hand and break the lumps with fingers,
- Beat the batter for 2 minutes. Keep aside.
Potato filling
- Heat oil in a pan/kadhai, add cumin seeds and a pinch of asafeotida.
- When seeds crackle, add coriander powder, turmeric powder(optional), red chilli powder, fennel seeds, amchur powder and garam masala and finely chopped green chillies(optional).
- Add potatoes and salt to taste and mix everything well. Fry for 2-3 minutes.
- Cool completely before filling in bread slices.
Making Pakora without filling
- Cut the bread slices in triangles, you can cut the thick sides if you want.
- Dip in the chickpea batter, coat bread slices nicely with the batter and carefully drop in oil. Fry till light golden brown.
Making Pakora with filling
- Cut the bread slices in triangles, you can cut the thick sides if you want.
- Sandwich the filing between two triangular bread pieces, dip in batter.
- Coat nicely with the batter. Drop carefully in oil and fry till golden brown from both the sides.
- Serve with tomato ketchup or chutneys (green and tamarind) of your choice.
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