Vegetable Fritters/ Vegetable Pakora

Vegetable Fritters/Pakora

Table of Contents

1. About the dish

2. Preparation time

3. Cooking time

4. Ingredients 

5. Preparation

1. About the dish

Vegetable pakora is an all time favorite and one of the famous street foods in India. We can make this pakora/fritters simply with onion, some shredded cabbage and carrot with ginger touch on it.

It will be crunchy outside and soft texture inside. The best time to prepare this dish is at evening, specially during rainy season, and goes well with coffee or tea.

2. Preparation time 

It takes maximum of 10 minutes. 

3. Cooking time

It take 10 to 15 minutes to fry pakora/fritters.

4. Ingredients 

 Ingredients listed below can serve upto 5 - 6 people.

1. Sliced Onion               - 6

2. Shredded cabbage       - 1/4 cup

3. Shredded carrot           - 1/4 cup

4. Shredded ginger          - 2 table spoon

5. Gram flour                   - 1 cup

6. Rice flour                     - 2 table spoon

7. Red chili powder          - 2 tea spoon

8. Turmeric powder          - 1 tea spoon

9.  Salt 

10. Vegetable oil 

11. Curry leaf 

12. Coriander

13. Green chili                 - 3 

14. Hing 

5. Preparation 

1. To a bowl, add all the vegetables (onion, cabbage, carrot, ginger, curry leaf, coriander leaves, green chili),  and gram flour, rice flour, salt, turmeric powder, red chili powder and hing. 
2. Now add 2 teaspoon of hot vegetable oil and give a good mix. Adding of vegetable oil in the batter will help keep the inner portion soft. 
3. Then slowly add water as required and batter should be firm not watery (refer photo to know the consistency of the batter). If needed add some Gram flour as required to improve the consistency of  the batter.

 

To fry

1. Take a pan or kadai with hard bottom and add vegetable oil as required to fry the pakora/fritters.  Please note to keep the flame at medium when heated and ready to fry . 
2. Once the oil is hot, slowly add the pakora batter (in round shape) or just scatter the batter as sparingly all over the oil in the pan/kadai.
3. After 4 minutes, turn the pakora to the other side to ensure it is fried completely. 

 4. Once the pakoras turn golden brown, drain the oil and serve hot.

Pakora does magic when served with hot tea.