MIXED PAKORAS

MIXED PAKORAS RECIPE

(Onions, potatoes and spinach in gram flour batter)

Serves 4.

Preparation and cooking time: 40 mins.

This is another savoury dish which can be used as a starter or a snack. It can also be served with high teas or at parties. For this recipe you will need a liquidizer or blender and a deep frying pan or wok.

Ingredients

• 10 g (½oz) fresh garlic, peeled
• 10 g (½oz) fresh ginger, peeled
• 5 green chilies
• 170 g (6 oz) besan flour (gram flour)
• 2 potatoes, peeled and finely chopped
• 85 g (3 oz) fresh spinach, finely chopped
• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 1 tsp tandoori masala
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 120 ml (4 fl oz) water
• 600 ml (20 fl oz) cooking oil for frying

Method

1. Put the garlic, ginger and green chilies into a liquidizer and chop finely.

2. Sieve the gram flour into a mixing bowl and mix in the contents of the liquidizer, potatoes, spinach, onion, chili powder, tandoori masala, garam masala, salt, turmeric powder and water. Mix everything well.

3. Heat the oil to a high temperature in a wok or deep frying pan. Add about 10 tablespoonfuls of the mixture, a tablespoonful at a time, to the heated oil. These will float and should be deep fried for about 3 to 4 minutes, until each of the fried pakoras is golden brown.

4. Remove the pakoras with a sieve and drain the excess oil off them by placing the pakoras on kitchen roll paper.

5. Repeat with the remaining pakoras and serve while hot.