Best Vegetable Pakora Recipes

VEGETABLE PAKORA

Steps:

• Heat oil in a wide skillet over medium heat.
• Combine gram flour, cumin, cayenne pepper, turmeric, and salt in a bowl. Add 2 tablespoons of the hot oil and mix well. Add water, a little at a time, until a very thick batter forms. Stir in cilantro and spinach.
• Dip potatoes and cauliflower in batter and add to the hot oil in batches without crowding. Turn and fry until golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Add onions to remaining batter all at once; scoop onion-batter into the oil and fry until golden, 3 to 5 minutes.

MIXED VEGETABLE PAKORA

Steps:

• * Boil the potato until just tender, peel and chop finely.
• * Finely chop peppers and onion. Shred the cabbage.
• * Mix first set of ingredients well. Beat in a blender for 4-5 minutes to incorporate air (this will make the batter fluffier).
• * Let batter rest 1/2 hour in a warm place.
• * Add the vegetables and mix in evenly.
• * Deep fry in oil that is heated.
• * Drain pakoda on paper towels and serve immediately.
• * Serve vegetable pakora with coriander or mint chutney or tomato ketchup.
• Sometimes I use Dehydrated peppers, Cabbage, Onions, and Jalapeno with water until it is reconstituted to the equivalent. It is still pretty good.

VEGETABLE PAKORA

Steps:

• Boil the potato or yam slices until *just* tender, being careful not to overcook.
• Mix batter ingredients well. Beat in a blender for 4-5 minutes to incorporate air (this will make the batter fluffier). Let batter rest 1/2 hour in a warm place.
• Add the vegetables and mix in evenly.
• Deep fry in oil that is heated to 375° until deep brown (somewhere between 4-6 minutes per batch). Drain on paper towels and serve immediately.
• Serve with cilantro or mint chutney or cucumber raita.

MIXED VEGETABLE PAKORA FRITTERS

Steps:

• 1. Prepare the chaat masala. In a bowl, mix everything except the oil and chaat masala together to make a semi-thick mixture, adding more chickpea flour if the batter seems too soft or some water if firm.2. Heat the oil as per directions in INFORMATION AND SPECIAL TECHNIQUES: __Frying Fritters (Pakorae Talna). Carefully, using clean fingers or a spoon, drip 1-inch balls of the mixture into the hot oil and fry as directed in the box. Transfer fritters to a platter, sprinkle with the chaat masala, and serve.From "1,000 Indian Recipes." Copyright 2002 by Neelam Batra. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.