Aloo Pakora
Golden Potato Discs
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Heat
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Serves
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Dietary Info
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Prep 10 mins
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Cook 10 mins
Hari says
Pakora is one of India's most infamous snack dishes. Usually, it involves a mixture of different vegetables all bound together with spices and gram flour. This style of pakora is a little more simple and more along the lines of a Japaneese tempura dish, but still uses gram flour.
This was the pakora of choice for all kids when I was growing up. These golden discs of potatoes dipped into batter and fried were just amazing. The only thing that made them better (dare I say it) was smothering them in Heinz ketchup. Well, I was five! We would leave the mixed veg, spinach and chilli ones for the grown ups and feast on these.
Turning this in to a slightly more adult version, I have cut out the ketchup and added a tang with some chaat masala. Don't just take my word for it - give them a go #tasty!
To get the main ingredients for my Pakora recipe, check our my curry kit here.
- Ingredients
- Method
- 1 medium size potato
- 100g gram flour, sieved
- 1 tbsp rice flour
- Salt as required
- ½ tsp carom seeds
- ½ cumin seeds
- 1 tbsp grated ginger
- ½ tsp red chilli powder
- 1 garam masala powder
- Pinch of fresh coriander, chopped
- ⅔ to ¾ cup water
- 1 tsp chaat masala powder for sprinkling on the pakoras
Method
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Mix all the dry ingredients with water and check the seasoning, adjust if needed.
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Peel and slice the potatoes thinly in rounds.
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Heat oil for frying in a kadai or pan.
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Dip each potato, slice in the batter and place it gently in hot oil - fry aloo pakoras until they are golden and crisp.
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Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels to remove excess oil.
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Repeat with the remaining aloo, cooking in batches.
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Sprinkle with some chaat masala powder and serve with a mint chutney.
Served with
Delicious when served as a starter or as a nibble with imlee, which is a tamarind based chutney. My children love these with just some plain old tomato ketchup to dunk into.
Nutritional information
| Typical values* | per Serving |
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| Calories | 106 |
| Fat (g) | 1.3 |
| of which saturates (g) | 0.1 |
| Carbohydrates (g) | 20 |
| of which sugars (g) | 2.0 |
| Fibre (g) | 2.9 |
| Protein (g) | 5.1 |
| Salt (mg) | 1.2 |
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