Indian Vegetarian Recipes

Spicy Bread Pakora

Spicy Bread Pakora

Spicy Bread Pakoras, Pakoras are all time favorite snack, at least for me. Bread Pakoras are made so many different ways, but this time I have layered the bread with spicy sweet and sour potatoes like chutney. Before I decided to do this recipe, I have served these pakoras to many friends, the only thig they could say wow. They could not figure out what I have used for filling.
Bread Pakora is all time favorite snack; at least for me. I have made these bread pakoras so many ways, but this recipe is different, and taste great. I have layered these pakoras with spicy sweet and sour potato like chutney. Before I decided to do this recipe, I have served these pakoras to many friends, the only thig they could say wow. They could not figure out what I have used for filling. You don’t need any chutney or dipping sauce, but green cilantro or mint chutney enhance the flavor.
Recipe will serve 4.

Course Appetizer

Cuisine Indian

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings people

Ingredients

4 slices of while bread

For Batter

1 ½ cup besan gram flour
2 Tbsp corn starch
¼ tsp baking soda
⅛ tsp asafetida hing
½ tsp salt
1 tsp oil
About ¾ cup of water

For Filling

1 cup potato boiled and mashed
1 ½ Tbsp oil
1 tsp cumin seeds jeera
⅛ tsp asafetida hing
2 tsp coriander powder dhania
1 Tbsp ginger finely chopped
1 Tbsp green chili chopped
½ tsp red chili powder
½ tsp salt
½ tsp black salt
2 Tbsp mango powder amchoor
1 ½ Tbsp sugar
¼ tsp garam masala
¼ cup cilantro chopped

Instructions

Batter

In a bowl mix all the dry ingredients together, besan, corn starch, salt, asafetida and baking soda, mix it well. Add oil and add water slowly to make a thick and smooth batter. Set aside.

Filling

In a frying pan heat the oil over medium heat. When oil is moderately hot add cumin seeds, asafetida, coriander powder, ginger, green chili, and red chili powder stir fry for few seconds.
Next add potatoes, salt, black salt, mango powder, garam masala and sugar stir for about 2 minutes, add ½ cup of water keep stirring and keep mashing the mix if needed add little more water. Mix should be very mushy and soft like a spread. Add cilantro and mix it well.
Taste the potato mix it should be spicy after you spread the mix to bread and fry with batter spice level will go down. I always keep the mix extra spicy. Mix is ready keep aside.

Making Pakoras

Spread the mix generously on two slices of bread, then close sandwiches with other slices of bread.
Remove the crest from the bread all sides and slice them in the shape you like. I am slicing them in 6 pieces because the bread I am using have big slices.
Heat about 1 inch of oil in a frying pan on medium high heat moderately. To check if the oil is ready, put one drop of batter in oil. The batter should come up but not change color right away.
Dip the bread into the batter one at a time, making sure bread are completely covered with batter. Then, slowly drop them into the frying pan.
Turn them quick and take them out quick. We are going to double fry these pakoras. Fry them all then put them back in frying pan and fry the pakoras until they are golden-brown both sides.

Notes

Pakoras can be serve with your choice of chutney:

Hari Chutney (Cilantro Chutney)
Tamarind Chutney

Off course hot cup of Chai Masala Tea.

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Indian Vegetarian Recipes

Vethalai Thogayal recipe

Vethalai thogayal recipe | Betel leaves, paan leaves thogayal – Easy to make Vethalai chutney or thogayal recipe

Vethalai | paan leaves | Betel leaves – aids in digestion and helps to reduce cold and cough. Usually, Paan is served at Indian weddings at the end of the meal. As paan leaves | vethalai aids in digestion it is always given at the end of meals. Also, it is a great source of calcium and Vitamin C paan leaves | vethalai is given to lactating mothers.

We use Vethalai |paan leaves in all our poojas. Usually after the pooja, vethali gets wasted and many of us don’t know what to do with that. I have already posted Vethalai rasam and Vethalai poondu sadam recipe in Jeyashris kitchen. On my recent trip, I learned this recipe from my mami, who is a great cook. I have learned a lot of recipes from her. She shared a few recipe on this trip and I have noted them too. I will share the recipes on Jeyashris Kitchen.

Coming to this Vethalai thogayal, it is a simple recipe with onion and garlic. You can skip onion and garlic if you do not wish to add. Check out the ‘Notes’ section for the variation.

Check out our other paan recipes, Paan ladoo, paan phirni, paan ice cream.

Vethalai thogayal recipe

Betel leaves | paan leaves chutney recipe

Course Condiment

Cuisine South Indian

Keyword paan leaves,, Thogayal recipes

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

Total Time 30

Author Jeyashri suresh

Ingredients

10 vethalai | paan leaves | betel leaves
2 tbsp curry leaves
1 tbsp urad dal
1 tbsp chana dal
4-5 red chili
A small piece of tamarind
2 tbsp coconut
Salt as needed
Little water to grind
12 small onion
8 garlic cloves
1 tbsp sesame oil

Instructions

Wash and finely chop the vethalai | paan leaves. Take out the top step part.
In a pan add sesame oil, and add small onion and garlic.
Saute till the onions turn slightly golden brown.
Take out and keep aside.
In the same pan add urad dal, chana dal, red chili and a small piece of tamarind.
Saute in a medium flame till the dal turns golden brown.
Add curry leaves and finely chopped vethalai | paan leaves.
Saute for a minute and switch off.
Add 2 tbsp coconut and salt.
Allow everything to cool.
Grind into a slighty coarse paste.
Add little water while grinding.
Vethalai thogayal ready.