Bread Pakora, Indian Snack Recipe Video by Tarla Dalal

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Tasty and crispy, this is one of the most famous tea-time snacks in India. It is often sold by roadside vendors, and sells like a rage in the winter months! The Bread Pakora is quite easy to make too, as it uses just common ingredients. The sliced bread is dipped in a batter of besan and rice flour perked up with a dash of spices, and deep-fried till perfectly crisp.

Recipe Description for Bread Pakora, Indian Snack

Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

For Bread Pakora
6 bread slices
3/4 cup besan (bengal gram flour)
1 tbsp rice flour (chawal ka atta)
1/2 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
1/4 tsp asafoetida (hing)
1 tsp finely chopped green chillies
1/2 tsp chilli powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
salt to taste
1/4 cup finely chopped coriander (dhania)
oil for deep-frying

For Serving With Bread Pakora
tomato ketchup
green chutney

Method

For bread pakora

To make {span class="bold1"}bread pakora{/span}, cut each bread slice into 4 equal pieces using a sharp knife. You will get 24 bread pieces in all. Keep aside.
Combine all the ingredients, except the bread pieces and coriander in a deep bowl along with approx. ¾ cup of water and whisk well.
Add the coriander and mix well.
Heat the oil in a deep non-stick pan, dip one bread piece at a time in the batter and deep-fry on a medium flame till it turns crisp and golden brown in colour from both the sides. Drain on an absorbent paper. You can deep-fry 5 to 6 pieces at a time.
Repeat step 4 to deep-fry more {span class="bold1"}bread pakora{/span}.
Serve {span class="bold1"}bread pakora{/span} immediately with tomato ketchup and green chutney.

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