Bread Pakora

Bread Pakora 

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INGREDIENTS:

4 to 5 slices of bread

1 cup besan/gram flour, about 185 gms

½ tsp ajwain/carom seeds

½ tsp red chili powder/lal mirch powder

¼ tsp garam masala powder

½ tsp oil

2 pinches of baking soda

⅔ to ¾ cup water or as required

Salt as required

Oil for deep frying

INSTRUCTIONS:

• In a mixing bowl, take all the dry ingredients - 1 cup besan, ½ tsp ajwain, ½ tsp red chili powder, ¼ tsp garam masala powder and two pinches of baking soda.
• Add the wet ingredients - ½ tsp oil and water to make a medium thick batter. Add water in parts and about ⅔ to ¾ cup water or as required.
• Whisk to a smooth batter without any lumps.
• Slice the bread slices in rectangles or triangles.
• Dip each slice in the batter and evenly coat it with the batter.
• Place the batter coated bread slice in medium hot oil for frying. Also add a few more batter coated slices.
• Fry the pakoras on medium hot oil turning over a couple of times to ensure even cooking and browning.
• Fry the bread pakoras till crisp and golden.
• Remove with a slotten or perforated spoon and drain as much oil as possible.
• Place the fried bread pakoras on kitchen paper towels to drain excess oil.
• Sprinkle a bit of chaat masala on the bread pakoras. Serve these bread pakoras hot with tomato ketchup or coriander chutney or sweet tamarind chutney.

Source: vegrecipesofindia

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