Life 'n' Such

Guess what we had for dinner tonite? Bread and Palak pakoras, isnt that obvious from the title of this post

It is an amazingly fast, and an easy recipe, it took me no more than few minutes, to prepare these! I was surprised myself

Now the recipe:

Ingredients:

Bread cut into 2 pieces or chopped spinach (palak) or fenugreek leaves (methi) or chopped onions or chopped cauliflower or chopped green pepper. Ofcourse you can use potatoes cut in slices or paneer too.

Chick peas flour (besan atta) half a cup
Salt, little black pepper, red hot pepper (mirchi powder),
A pinch of asafoetida (hing) optional – if you have it, thats good, because I think it helps in digestion,
1/4 tsp baking powder (the secret ingredient – makes the pakoras crunchy)
Water enough to make a smooth batter
1 tsp whole cumin
(If you are making spinach (palak) or fenugreek (methi) pakoras, you will need 1 small finely chopped onion, and 2 cloves grated garlic)

and finally oil for frying (deep frying)
Method:

Start with the besan atta, and add the all the ingredients, except your vegetable/bread/paneer. Now dip vegetable/bread/paneer pieces in this batter one at a time, and start putting them in the frying pan. Fry both sides, till the color is almost golden red. I think I kept the heat almost med-high throughout.

Incase you are making potatoes/cauliflower pakoras, you might need to fry for a longer time, till its all done, ofcourse I would suggest Trial and error

Also to make palak/methi pakoras, you will need to make the batter a bit thicker, by adding lesser water, and also add the chopped onions and grated garlic to this. Then finally add the chopped greens to this. Mix, and then add with a spoon, as many as you can fit in your pan, to the hot oil.
Let me add, that paneer pakoras are my all time favorite!

Dont wait now, get up go try this, share with friends, as I like to do, or with your family, or you can enjoy them alone, reading a good book and a cup of tea! Perfect anyway!

We ate this with tamarind chutney, as we did not have cilantro/fresh mint to make the hot green chutney.

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