Bread Pakora (Stuffed Bread Pakoda)
Easy Indian bread snacks with spiced potato stuffing
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 2 - 3 potatoes boiled
- 4 - 6 bread slices
- ½ cup vegetable oil for deep frying
For stuffing
- 2 tbsp oil
- ½ tsp cumin seeds
- 1 onion sliced
- 2 garlic cloves chopped
- ½ tsp red chilli powder
- ½ tsp coriander powder
- ½ tsp cumin powder
- ¼ tsp chat masala
- salt to taste
Preparing Batter for Pakoda
- ½ cup gram flour
- 1 pinch ajwain or carom seeds
- 1 pinch salt (as per taste)
- ¼ tsp red chilli powder
- ¼ tsp coriander powder
- water as required
Instructions
Prepare Potato Stuffing
- Mash boiled potatoes with a masher.
- Heat oil in a pan.
- Add cumin seeds and let it crackle.
- Add garlic and onion.
- Saute till translucent.
- Now add all dry spices and mix well.
- Then add mashed potatoes and salt. Mix well.
- Add chopped coriander leaves.
Preparing batter
- Now add all ingredients under column batter preparation.
- Add water slowly and gradually making a batter of flowing consistency.
Frying Pakodas
- Heat oil in a deep frying pan.
- Place 2 tbsp potato mixture and spread it evenly on bread slices.
- Cover it with another slice of bread.
- Press the breads gently.
- Dip the stuffed bread in gram flour batter so that it gets coated well.
- Dip fry the coated bread in hot oil.
- Fry till it's golden and crisp.
- Remove from oil and place on paper napkin to remove excess oil.
- Serve hot with any chutney or sauce.