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Pakora (With Potatoes)
This pakora recipe (with potatoes) is a traditional Pakistani recipe for fritters made with gram flour, onions, potatoes, spices, and herbs.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
4
- 1 cup chickpea flour (besan)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- 1 tsp cumin seeds (zeera)
- 1 tsp coriander seeds (dhania)
- 1 tsp dried fenugreek leaves (methi) ()
- 1 tsp carom seeds (ajwain) ()
- 1 tbsp pomegranate seeds (anar dana)
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 2 tbsp cornflour ()
- 1 green chillies ((see notes))
- 1/4 large onion
- 2 tbsp cilantro
- 2 baby potatoes
- 10 curry leaves (optional)
- 2/3 cup water ((see notes))
- 2 cup oil
Instructions
- 1
Mix the besan, cornflour, and baking soda in a bowl and stir to mix.
- 2
Add the water to the dry mix and stir well till there are no longer any lumps.
- 3
Mix in the spice powders, whole spices, and dried herbs in that order and mix.
- 4
Finely dice the onion, potatoes, green chilies, cilantro, and curry leaves (see notes)
- 5
Add all of the chopped fresh ingredients to the prepared batter.
- 6
Heat the 2 cups of oil to 375° F (190° C)
- 7
Add one heaping tablespoon of batter at a time and batch fry the pakoras till they are a medium golden brown (see notes)