DESCRIPTION:

Bread pakora is an Indian fried snack (fritter). It is also known as bread bhaji . A common street food, it is made from bread slices, gram flour, and spices among other ingredients.

The snack is prepared by dipping triangular bread slices in spicy gram flour batter and frying them. It can also including a stuffing such as mashed potatoes. It can be deep-fried or pan-fried, and is served with chutneys or ketchup.

PREPERATION:

Preperation time: 15 mins
Cooking time: 15 mins

INGREDIENTS:

-6 slices of bread

FOR THE STUFFING

-1 ½ cups cubed potatoes 
-Handful of green peas 
-1 tbsp oil
-1 sprig curry leaves
-½ tsp mustard
-Pinch of hing
-2 green chilies chopped
-½ tsp ginger paste
-Few coriander leaves
-½ tsp red chili powder
-½ tsp garam masala
-Generous pinch of turmeric
-Salt as needed

FOR THE PAKORA BATTER

-¾ cup besan 
-2 to 3 tbsps rice flour
-½ tsp red chili powder
-pinch of turmeric/ haldi
-Salt as needed
-½ to ¾ tsp ajwain/ carom seeds
-Water as needed

STEPS:

1. Steam or boil potatoes and green peas until just cooked. Use a steamer or just boil in the pan with little water. Set these aside to cool. Mash them up well with a masher.
2. Heat 1 spoon of oil in a pan. Add mustard and allow them to crackle. Add ginger paste, chopped green chilies and curry leaves.
3. Saute them all until aromatic. Switch off the stove.
4. Add hing, chili powder, turmeric and garam masala.
5. Add the mashed potatoes, sprinkle salt and mix well. Add coriander leaves.
6. Place the bread slices and then spread the potato masala.
7. Cover with another slice of bread.
8.  Press the bread slices well to hold the stuffing properly. Cut them diagonally. Prepare all the remaining stuffed bread and set these aside.
9. Begin to heat the oil as needed. In a mixing bowl, add besan, red chili powder, ajwain / carom seeds, salt, rice flour and turmeric. Mix them up very well.
10. Add water as needed and make a thick batter.
11. You will have to gently lift the stuffed bread and dip in batter. Make sure it is coated on the sides as well. Hold towards the 2 edges and lift them from the batter. Gently swipe the excess batter.
12. Drop in the hot oil.
13. Fry until golden on both the sides by flipping. Drain the excess oil with a kitchen tissue.
14. Serve bread pakora hot with green chutney or sauce.

Servings: 4-5