Crispy pakoras

Zobia Sajjad
Zobia Sajjad @zobiasajjad
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

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These pakoras are filled with tender slices of potato, onions, spinach, and cilantro.They’re essentially good and take just 35 minutes to make.

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Ingredients

20 min
16 - 20 pakoras
  1. 170 gpotatoes, sliced thin
  2. 1small white onion, sliced
  3. 1 handfulspinach, roughly chopped
  4. 1/4 cupcilantro leaves, roughly chopped
  5. 1 cupbesan
  6. 3/4 cupwater
  7. 1/3 cupall-purpose flour
  8. 2 tsplemon juice
  9. 1 tspground turmeric
  10. 1 tspground cumin
  11. 1 1/2 tspsalt
  12. 1 tbspwhole coriander seeds
  13. 2 tspred chilli pepper flakes
  14. oil, for frying

Cooking Instructions

20 min
  1. 1

    Heat butter or oil in a medium-sized skillet over medium-high heat. Add the coriander seeds and red chilli pepper flakes. Cook, stirring constantly until the spices are toasted and fragrant.

  2. 2

    In a medium sized bowl combine chickpea flour, water, flour, lemon juice, turmeric, cumin, and salt, to make a smooth batter.
    Gently fold the sliced potatoes, onion, spinach, cilantro, and toasted spices from step 1 into the chickpea batter.

  3. 3

    In a deep, heavy bottomed saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Allow plenty of time for the oil to get hot.

  4. 4

    Use a large tablespoon to drop loose spoonfuls of the pakora batter into the frying oil. Don’t compress the batter too much when you scoop it. Cook the first side until deeply golden and crispy, flip and cook the other side. paper.

  5. 5

    Serve with creamy cilantro sauce, chutney, or your favorite dipping sauce.

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Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

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