Bread Pakoras
October 20th, 2007 filed under Appetizers, Vegan
Spicy Bread Pakoras are great as an appetizer, finger food for any type of the gathering, and a tasty compliment for your afternoon tea.
Make 12 pieces.
Ingredients:
- 4 slices of firm white bread
- 1 cup gram flour (besan)
- 1 tablespoon rice flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Pinch of asafetida (hing)
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
- 2 finely chopped green chilies
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro (green coriander)
- 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons of water
- Oil to fry
Method:
- Remove the crust from all sides of the bread.
- Slice the bread lengthwise into 3 equal parts.
- Mix all the dry ingredients together: Gram flour (besan), rice flour, asafetida, cumin seeds, and salt. Rice flour adds to the crispness.
- Add the water slowly to make a smooth batter. (Batter should be the consistency of pancake batter or dosa batter)
- Next, add the green chilies and cilantro. Mix well.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium high heat.
- Frying pan should have at least 11/2 inch of oil. To check if the oil is ready, put one drop of batter in the oil. The batter should come up but not change color right away.
- Dip the bread slices in the batter one at a time and slowley drop into the frying pan.
- Fry the Pakoras in small batches. The pakoras will take about 4 to 5 minutes to cook.
- Turn them occasionally. Fry the Pakoras until both sides are golden-brown.
- Repeat this process. The crispy, delicious Bread Pakoras are ready to serve.
Tips:
- If oil is too hot Pakoras will cook too fast and will not be crispy; if oil is not hot enough Pakoras will be greasy.
- You may have to adjust the heat as needed while cooking.
Variations:
Use 1/4 cup of chopped spinach or 2 tablespoons of chopped fenugreek leaves as a substitute for the chopped cilantro.
Serving suggestions:
- The bread pakoras are best when dipped with a fresh cilantro chutney or tamarind chutney.
- Pakoras taste best when they are served hot.
- Pakoras can be made one day in advance do not refrigerate. When ready to eat, place on a cookie sheet and heat in the preheated oven on 300 degrees.
Dearest Manjula aunty ,
I have been living in india since birth but still couldn’t make tasty dishes.Then one day while surfing the net i came across ur site and since then there has been no looking back.Its all courtesy-manjula’s kitchen.
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Dear Manjula aunty, What kind of white bread should I use for this recipe? the recipe calls for firm bread. Is there any particular brand u prefer?
Thanks
Hi Laxshmi, any brand should work fine.
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is it possible to make them in electric tandoor instead of frying to avoid the oil ? if yes please suggest how ?? Thanks
Hello Anty
i have tried your recipe bread pakoras,my hubby didn’t knew its made of bread my kids to like it thy enjoyed eating. thank u very much for sharing ur recipe on utube ur
website is nice
bye
reshma
Excellent Pakoras !! It came out very good
Auntyji, Thanks for the wonderful receipe. The bread pakora’s came very well.
hi
i put little ginger paste also, it taste really good.
thax
PK
hello ma’m,
how are you.. if i am not making a mistake, you are a professor.. rgt?
please do reply..
warm regards,
AM
Dear Manjula,
I’m newly married, just started cooking for the past 2 months.I’ve tried many of ur recipes including bread pakoras.. everything came out well. Your recipes are awesome.. its really helping me very much, my hubby likes my cooking very much..he never believes when i tell him i’m new to cooking.. all the credit goes to u. thank u very much
Keep posting Many more recipes..
Good luck
Hima
good luck.