Bread pakoda

Name: Bread pakoda
Total time: 900 s
Yield: 2people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 4-5 medium size boiled potatoes; 2 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves; 1/4 tsp or ½ tsp red chili powder; 1 tsp amchur powder; 1/2 cup mint coriander chutney; 1 green chili, finely chopped; as per taste black salt or common salt; 3 cups besan (chickpea flour/gram flour); 1 pinch hing; 1/2 tsp red chili powder; 6 slices brown or white bread; as needed Water; as per taste Salt; As required Oil for frying

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Ingredients

15 min

2people

Potato filling
4-5medium size boiled potatoes
2 tbspfinely chopped coriander leaves
1/4 tsp or ½ tsp red chili powder
1 tspamchur powder
1/2 cupmint coriander chutney
1green chili, finely chopped
as per tasteblack salt or common salt
Besan batter
3 cupsbesan (chickpea flour/gram flour)
1 pinchhing
1/2 tspred chili powder
6 slicesbrown or white bread
as neededWater
as per tasteSalt
As requiredOil for frying

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Steps

15 min

1

Peel the boiled potatoes.
2

Mash the potatoes when they are still warm
3

Add the coriander leaves, green chili, red chili powder, amchur powder, salt to the mashed potatoes.
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Mix well. Taste the seasonings and adjust accordingly. Keep aside.
5

In a bowl, take the besan (chickpea flour/gram flour).
6

Add the ajwain, red chili powder,, asafoetida and salt.
7

Add around ½ cup water and mix. The batter should not be very thick nor too thin. Check the seasonings and adjust accordingly.
8

Add a few drops of oil to the batter and mix well.
9

Keep the ready batter aside.
10

Cut the bread into triangular slices. You are free to cut them in any shape of your choice.
11

Take a teaspoon of the mint-coriander chutney and apply it evenly on the triangular slice of bread.
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Take around 2 tbsp of the mashed potato mixture and apply it on the bread evenly.
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Cover this potato stuffed slice with another slice. You have now a beautiful triangular stuffed bread sandwich. Just slightly press the sandwich.
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Dip the entire stuffed bread sandwich in the besan batter. Be sure to coat it evenly. Take care not to keep the stuffed bread sandwich a long time in the batter as the bread tends to break.
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Heat up some oil for frying and slide the besan batter coated bread sandwich in the oil
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Fry on medium flame until they are crisp and golden brown. Your bread pakoras are ready
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Serve hot with tomato sauce or with any chutney of your choice!