Kids love this finger food. You can have them with ketchup or green chutney or tamarind chutney.
Ingredients:
- Bread ( white or brown ) - 4-5 slices
- Gram Flour ( Besan ) - 1 cup
- Water - 3/4 cup
- Cumin Seeds ( jeera ) - 1/2 tsp
- Carom Seeds ( Ajwain ) - 1/2 tsp
- Chopped Green Chillies - 1 or to taste
- Red Chili Powder - to taste ( optional )
- Chopped Cilantro - 1/4 cup ( optional )
- Salt -to taste
- Baking Soda - a pinch ( optional )
- Chat Masala - to sprinkle ( optional )
- Oil - for deep frying
Directions:
- Cut each slice of bread into 4 pieces. You can cut either into 4 squares or 4 triangles. You can even cut them in just 2 pieces diagonally, i.e 2 large triangles. keep them aside.
- To prepare the batter, take besan in a mixing bowl, add all the other ingredients( except oil ) to it and mix.
- Add water little by little to make a smooth batter. Batter should be of the consistency of pancake or dosa batter.
- Heat oil for deep frying. To check if the oil is ready, put a small drop of batter in oil, it should sizzle and come up right away. ( if it sits at the bottom for long, the oil is not hot enough whereas, if it comes up and turns black rightaway, the oil is too hot ) Keep adjusting the heat while cooking as needed.
- Now, dip the bread slices in to the batter one by one and carefully drop them in the oil. Depending on the size of your pan, decide the number of slices you want to drop at a time. Do not overcrowd the pan.
- Let it fry till it turns golden brown and then flip to the other side and fry till golden brown.
- Remove them on a kitchen towel.
- Sprinkle a pinch of chat masala on each pakora.
- Serve them hot with ketchup or green chutney or tamarind chutney. ( Click on the link for the recipe of chutneys )
- Enjoy your cold evenings with hot pakoras and hot chai and do not forget to exercise for 15 extra minutes the next day ;)
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