Padmas Navaruchi

HELLO FRIENDS, “RAINY DAYS ARE PAKODA DAYS“

The rain has inspired me to prepare a healthy palak pakoda. I plan to make it this evening as a snack to accompany tea.

The ingredients needed are very basic and easily available in your kitchen.

The method is also very simple and quick, you can make it side by side along with Tea. The beauty of palak pakoda is that it tastes very yummy, It is soft in the middle and very crispy from the outside.

The ingredients used for making palak pakoda are gram flour, rice flour, palak, onion, green chili, coriander leaves, and a few spices.

ingredients needed for palak pakoda:–

• PALAK-1 medium size bunch
• Onions-2 medium
• Gram flour- 1 cup
• Rice flour-2 tablespoons
• green chilies-5-6 in numbers
• coriander leaves-1 grip
• ginger gratings-1 inch piece
• oil-1 tablespoon and oil to deep fry
• salt-1 teaspoon
• Red chilli powder-1 teaspoon
• coriander powder-1 tablespoon (coarse powder)
• garam masala-1 small teaspoon
• Turmeric-1/2 teaspoon
• Ajwain or carom seeds-1 teaspoon
• Asafoetida-1 peanut-sized.
• Water a few spoons to knead the batter for pakoda.

PREPARATION FOR PALAK PAKODA:-

• select fresh palak leaves, wash them in running water to remove all mud and dirt, and drain.
• Now chop the leaves roughly and keep them.
• Take the onions peel, and slice them.
• cut green chilies and coriander leaves.
• Grate ginger after washing it nicely.
• Measure gram flour and rice flour.
• Keep all the powders ready to use.
• keep little water to make the batter.

MIXING OF BATTER FOR PAKODA:-

• This is a little tricky part and if not done properly the pakodas don’t come out perfect.
• PALAK and onion, when mixed with salt release moisture, so while making the batter we should remember that and so use very little water, that too at last.
• Take a mixing bowl.
• Add palak, cut onion, green chilies, coriander leaves, grated ginger, salt, and all dry spices to the bowl.

• Mix nicely, preferably with your fingers.

• After mixing add the gram flour and rice flour too.

• Mix the batter well and add very little water only if needed.

• Now the batter for pakoda is ready.

FRYING OF THE PALAK PAKODA:-

• keep oil to heat in a frying pan.
• when hot enough, drop in a small quantity of the batter with your hand. no need to worry about the shape or size.

• pakoda looks and tastes best in uneven sizes and shapes.
• Fry till the pakodas are golden brown, on medium heat.
• Take it on a kitchen tissue or paper.
• serve hot with tomato sauce or ketchup.

• ENJOY THE YUMMY PALAK PAKODA ON A RAINY DAY WITH EVENING TEA.