Bread pakora
Ingredients
- Potatoes- 5 to 6 (medium sized)
- Onion- 1 medium sized (finely chopped)
- Peanuts- 1/4 cup
- Green chillies- 2 to 3 or as per taste
- Refined oil- 4 to 5 tablespoon
- Turmeric powder- 1/2 tablespoon
- Red chilli powder- a pinch
- Salt- As per taste
- Curry leaves- 5 to 6 leaves
- Coriander- 1 tablespoon finely chopped
- Bread- 4 to 5 pieces
Batter:
- Gram flour- 5 to 6 teaspoon
- Salt-as per taste
- Red chilli powder- half teaspoon
- Green chilli- 2 to 3 (Or as per taste)
- Water- as per required
Instructions
For potato stuffing:
- 1) Firstly boil the potatoes in a pressure cooker and mash them well.
- 2) Heat a pan with 4 to 5 tablespoon of refined oil.
- 3) Add curry leaves and let it splutter.
- 4) Now add the chopped onions and peanuts to it. Toss them well in medium flame, until they turn golden brown and the peanuts turn crunchy.
- 5) Now add 1/4 tablespoon of turmeric powder.
- 6) Add a pinch of red chilli powder.
- 7) Add salt as per taste. Mix them well.
- 8) Finally add the mashed potatoes and mix well.
- 9) Add freshly chopped coriander to it.
- 10) Your stuffing is ready.
For batter:
- 1) Firstly add 5 to 6 tablespoon of gram flour(besan) in a bowl.
- 2) Now add salt as per taste.
- 3) Add 1/4 tablespoon of red chilli powder.
- 4) Add crushed green chillies to the batter.
- 5) Add 1/2 to 1 cup of water as per required.
- 6) The batter should neither be too thick nor too thin.
- 7) Finally add chopped coriander to the batter.
Final preparation:
- 1) Finally spread a spoon of stuffing on the bread.
- 2) Cover it with another piece of bread.
- 3) Slice the bread into two pieces.
- 4) Heat the pan with 2 cups of oil for frying.Once the oil is ready lower the flame.
- 5) Dip the sliced bread pieces into the batter to coat it completely.
- 6) Finally add the coated bread pieces into hot oil for frying.
- 7) Fry on medium high flame for 4 to 5 minutes until it turns golden brown and aromatic. Your stuffed bread pakoda is ready.