Crispy Bread Pakora Recipe - Street-Style at Home
Bread pakora is a popular snack or street food of North India. It has crispy layers of bread coated in gram flour and is stuffed with a spicy potato filling that tastes as appetizing as it looks.
Ingredients
For Stuffing
- 2 Boiled potatoes
- 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
- 2 green chilies, finely chopped
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- ¼ tsp garam masala
- ½ tsp amchur (dried mango powder)
- ½ tsp salt
For Coating
- 1 cup gram flour
- ½ to 1 cup water
- ⅛ tsp turmeric powder
- ¼ tsp red chili powder
- 1 tsp carom seeds (ajwain)
- ½ tsp salt
Other ingredients
- 6 slices of bread
- oil for frying
Instructions
- Peel the potatoes and grate them in a mixing bowl.
- Then add all the ingredients mentioned in the stuffing section.
- Mix well. Do a taste test; if it tastes less salty, add more. The stuffing is ready.
- Now take a slice of bread and cut it into equal halves.
- Then place a spoonful of stuffing on one half and cover it with the other half of the sliced bread.
- Now prepare a coating for bread slices. Add gram flour, salt, red chili, carom seeds, and turmeric.
- Then add water gradually and whisk it in the same direction till it becomes smooth.
- When the batter gets a smooth, thick consistency, it is ready.
- Next, dip the stuffed bread into the gram flour batter so that it is coated well on all sides.
- Heat the oil in a kadai over high heat. When it is heated, add the coated, stuffed bread.
- After a minute, flip it over and fry until light golden.
- Again, turn and fry on the other side until it gets crunchy.
- When it gets a golden color, remove and place on kitchen paper.
- Serve it hot and fresh.
Notes
- Use completely cool potatoes in the filling.
- Make sure the batter is completely lump-free.
- Fry the pakoras in batches to cook them evenly.