Receta Palak pakoda recipe | How to make palak pakora recipe
Palak pakoda recipe – A quick snack recipe made of spinach, basic spices and gram flour. Pakoda or pakora are deep fried tea time snack from Indian cuisine. Gram flour and carom seeds are the main ingredients used to make these crisp fried snacks. These crispy palak pakoda just happened on a weekend when I had some spinach left over and had to finish it up. These are good to serve hot with a cup of Indian masala chai.
To make palak pakoda crunchy and to add some texture I have used sliced onions and cashews. You can replace onions with cabbage or can even use mixed veggies. These are good to serve hot or warm. However these can be made ahead and crisped up in a preheated oven at 220 c for 5 to 6 mins.
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Palak pakoda or palak pakora recipe Palak pakoda recipe | How to make palak pakora recipe Prep time Cook time Total time Palak pakoda are Indian style spinach fritters. These are crunchy and can be had as a starter or snack. Author: Swasthi Recipe type: Snack Cuisine: Indian Yield / Serves: 2 to 3 Ingredients (240 ml cup used) 2 ½ cups of palak / spinach chopped 1 cup sliced onions 2 to 3 green chilies chopped ½ tsp ginger garlic paste Handful of mint/ pudina & coriander leaves Salt as needed 1 tsp ajwain / carom seeds ¼ cup besan (2 tbsps more if needed) 2 tbsp rice flour (1 tbsp more if needed) ½ tsp red chili powder (optional) ½ tsp coriander powder (optional) or 2 pinches of garam masala Oil for deep frying How to make the recipe Preparation Wash and rinse palak very well in enough water. Drain completely. Chop and measure. Add sliced onions, salt, coriander, mint leaves and green chilies. Then also add ginger garlic paste, red chili powder and coriander powder. Mix everything well and rest for 10 minutes. When the mixture releases moisture, add besan and rice flour. Mix well and check the salt. If using cashews add them now. Mix. making palak pakoda Heat a kadai with oil. When the oil is just hot enough, drop the mixture in small quantities. Keep stirring and fry until golden. Drain them on a kitchen tissue. Serve palak pakoda hot or warm. 3.5.3208
How to make palak pakoda recipe
1. Wash and drain palak completely. Chop roughly about 1 inch in size. Do not chop finely. Add it to a bowl.
2. Add sliced onions and sprinkle salt.
3. Add some chopped mint, coriander and green chili.
4. Add ajwain. The other 3 ingredients ginger garlic paste, red chili powder and garam masala are optional.
5. Mix everything well gently and set aside for 10 mins.
6. Mix gently. You will find palak & onions have released some moisture.
7. Add besan and rice flour.
8. Mix it. The mixture must be stiff and not soggy. If needed add more flour in the same proportions.
9. We prefer cashews in this palak pakoda. About 6 to 10 cashew nuts would be enough.
10. Heat oil in a kadai. When it is hot enough, put on the flame to medium. Drop the mixture little by little into the hot oil. Do not allow the oil to turn very hot.
11. Fry on a medium heat until golden. Keep stirring while frying. Drain on to a kitchen tissue.
Serve palak pakoda hot or warm with tea.