Barriehie
Guru
Hi all, does anyone have an authentic Pakora batter recipe?
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oldjanie
Senior Member
Curry House Starters Archives maybe? Hope that link works. What is annoying is that my next door neighbours cook ( I am informed) fantastic Arabic food. They like feeding my sister and the kids for some reason. But they don’t speak English!
That site seems to have a lot of the stuff they send over. They just eat it! I dissect it to figure what it is. Hope that helps.
That site seems to have a lot of the stuff they send over. They just eat it! I dissect it to figure what it is. Hope that helps.
Barriehie
Guru
Thank you! Appears to be a good site I know I'm seeing a lot of words and combinations of words that karadekoolaid uses.
To make pakoras, you need besan (gram) flour. Your nearest Indian grocery will stock it.Don't settle for chickpea or garbanzo flour. Not the same.
The pakoras I was brung up on were called bhajis; always made with onions. Bhaji means cooked vegetables in hindi, but the restaurant version in the UK is closed to a giant pakora, or pakoda.
If you're just using one vegetable (fresh chiles, potato slices, cauliflower florets, green beans) then mix about ½ cup of besan flour with a pinch of salt and some cumin powder. Add cayenne powder if you like heat. Add a more complex flavour by using garam masala. Gradually add water until you've got a really thick batter. Dip veggies in - deep fry. If the mixture is too thin, your pakora will just fall apart in the hot oil, .
If you're making pakoras, then grate onion, maybe potato, carrot, zucchini together, and just add the batter to the mix.
Pakoras are street food, so you can use almost any veg you've got left in the fridge, and you can add the spices you want as well. Cumin seeds, crushed chiles and some garam masala make things easy. You could use curry powder if you want.
The first pic is what's turned out to be the easiest, and tastiest pakora IMHO. Grated sweet potato, grated zucchini/courgette and thinly sliced onion. The second pic uses grated carrot instead of sweet potato.
The pakoras I was brung up on were called bhajis; always made with onions. Bhaji means cooked vegetables in hindi, but the restaurant version in the UK is closed to a giant pakora, or pakoda.
If you're just using one vegetable (fresh chiles, potato slices, cauliflower florets, green beans) then mix about ½ cup of besan flour with a pinch of salt and some cumin powder. Add cayenne powder if you like heat. Add a more complex flavour by using garam masala. Gradually add water until you've got a really thick batter. Dip veggies in - deep fry. If the mixture is too thin, your pakora will just fall apart in the hot oil, .
If you're making pakoras, then grate onion, maybe potato, carrot, zucchini together, and just add the batter to the mix.
Pakoras are street food, so you can use almost any veg you've got left in the fridge, and you can add the spices you want as well. Cumin seeds, crushed chiles and some garam masala make things easy. You could use curry powder if you want.
The first pic is what's turned out to be the easiest, and tastiest pakora IMHO. Grated sweet potato, grated zucchini/courgette and thinly sliced onion. The second pic uses grated carrot instead of sweet potato.
badjak
Guru
I bought chickpea flour from the Indian shop. Haven't used it yet
karadekoolaid I thought besan was chickpea flour?
karadekoolaid I thought besan was chickpea flour?
Besan, gram, chickpea flour are all made from chickpeas. It's the type if chickpea that varies.
badjak
Guru
I got chana flour.....
Thats all it says.
The picture in the article quoted isn't clear enough to differentiate
I suppose I'll need to find out by making a batter, using volumetric amounts
Thats all it says.
The picture in the article quoted isn't clear enough to differentiate
I suppose I'll need to find out by making a batter, using volumetric amounts
If it's called chana it's most likely the brown chickpea flour which is the best for pakoras.
Barriehie
Guru
Thank you so much!
badjak
Guru
I've had those as whole ones and I like them