Kumro Pata Bora (Pumpkin Leaves Pakoras - Bengali Style)

Name: Kumro Pata Bora (Pumpkin Leaves Pakoras - Bengali Style)
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 10-12 Pumpkin Leaves, chopped; 1/2 cup besan (gram flour); 1/4 cup rice flour; 1 tsp. nigella seeds (kalonji); pinch baking soda; to taste salt; 1/4 tsp. turmeric powder; 1 onion, chopped; 1 tsp. ginger, grated; 1-2 green chilies, chopped; oil to deep fry / shallow fry

Bethica Das @kitchen_flavours

Sharjah (UAE)

#Diwalidelights - A traditional Bengali recipe, these amazing pumpkin leaves can be made into delicious pakoras / fritters. You must have come across them, growing almost everywhere. Just pick up some tender leaves and make these yummy pakoras. Relish them as appetizers with some chutney / kasundi (mustard sauce) as an evening tea-time snack or as an accompaniment to dal-rice combo.

Bethica Das @kitchen_flavours

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Ingredients

10-12Pumpkin Leaves, chopped
1/2 cupbesan (gram flour)
1/4 cuprice flour
1 tsp.nigella seeds (kalonji)
pinchbaking soda
to tastesalt
1/4 tsp.turmeric powder
1onion, chopped
1 tsp.ginger, grated
1-2green chilies, chopped
oil to deep fry / shallow fry

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Steps

1

Take few tender leaves. Wash and rinse them.
2

Chop them roughly.
3

In a bowl, take besan, rice flour, salt, turmeric powder, ginger, green chilies, onion, nigella seeds and baking soda.
4

Add the chopped greens & make a batter with required quantity of water.
5

Heat oil in a pan & drop spoonfuls in it. Fry till light golden in colour.
6

Drain on a tissue paper.
7

Serve them hot with some chutney / kasundi, as an appetizer, as an evening tea-time snack or as an accompaniment to dal-chawal.