Vegetable Pakora
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Vegetable Pakora
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Vegetable pakora is crispy and tasty vegetable fritter. It's delicious to enjoy as snacks with your cup of tea/ coffee.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup chickpea flour/ Gram flour.
- 1 small onion.
- 1 medium carrot.
- 1 large potato.
- 4-5 green beans.
- 1 handful of cilantro/ coriander leaves.
- 3 bird’s eye chillies or 1 tsp dried chilli flakes or red chilli powder.
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin.
- ½ teaspoon ground coriander.
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder.
- ¼ teaspoon whole cumin seeds.
- ¼ teaspoon carom seeds/ Ajwain seeds see the note.
- 1 ½ tablespoons rice flour optional.
- ¾ teaspoon salt or according to taste.
- ⅓ cup water.
- oil for frying
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Instructions
- Peel and cut the carrot in thin julienne sticks. You can also grate the carrot if you prefer. Then place it in a mixing bowl.
- Trim and finely slice the green beans and add them to the carrot. Set aside.
- Peel and thinly slice the onion and put it in carrot mix.
- Chop the coriander leaves and add them to the vegetable mix.
- Peel and grate the potato. Using a kitchen towel, pat the potato to absorb as much as water that comes out of the potato. Then put it in the vegetable mix.
- Sprinkle the rice flour (if using) over the vegetables. Stir well.
- Chop the chillies if using, then add them to the vegetable mix. You can also use 1 tsp dried chilli flakes or red chilli powder if you prefer.
- Then add all the spices, i.e. ground cumin, ground coriander, turmeric powder, whole cumin seeds, carom seeds (if using) and salt into the vegetable. Stir well.
- Add the gram flour in, mix well and pour the water in and stir the vegetable mix.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan. Make sure it’s hot enough, but not too hot. Test it by throwing a little bit of the gram flour mixture in the pan. It should come to the surface at a slow and steady pace. If it comes up fast, it means the oil is too hot, and you would want to turn the heat down.
- Carefully drop a tablespoon of vegetable mixture in the hot oil. You can also use your hand to pick the veggies and place them in the pan. The latter method gives you a bit more control in how much vegetable mixture you want. It also makes the shape of the pakoras thinner and not too bulky. So they fry better.
- Turn the veggie fritters when they look golden. It takes approximately 7-10 minutes to fry these vegetable pakoras.
Notes
- Carom seeds give the pakoras a nice fragrance. But you don’t have to use them if you don’t have them or prefer not to.
- Rice flour adds body to the vegetable fritters. If it’s not available for you, you can substitute it with cornflour (corn starch), plain flour/ all-purpose flour, or chapatti atta.
Nutrition Information
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Serving
1g
Calories
100kcal
(5%)
Carbohydrates
16g
(5%)
Protein
4g
(8%)
Fat
2g
(3%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
2g
Sodium
164mg
(7%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
3g
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 100 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1g | |
| Calories | 100kcal | 5% |
| Carbohydrates | 16g | 5% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 2g | 3% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Sodium | 164mg | 7% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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