Mix Vegetable Pakora

Find me one person who doesn’t like pakoras??!!! ;) Well, I’m definitely a big-time pakora (or any deep-fried munchies) lover. Making salads, gravies/curries, stir-fries every now n then leaves me with some tidbits of veggies… Recently we thought of doing a cleanup of fridge before buying a new stock!!! And it was terrible… I found a small piece of cabbage, a few green beans, 1 carrot n 1/4 zucchini, a couple of broccoli florets n many more things! Now I had 2 options only… One to make that delicious Veg. Jaipuri and the other was to make some healthy (yet unhealthy) snacking thing ;)

Evening snacks are always welcome… A cup of ginger tea and these pakoras!!! <3 Who says you can enjoy pakoras only while its raining… hahaha!!! And yes… I loved it more as KG said it’s crisp and very tasty, more like how he likes at any Indian restaurants <3 What else is needed!!!

Makes: 20

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup Mixed Veggies, grated or finely chopped (potatoes, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, beans, peas, carrot, zucchini etc.)
1 cup Besan
2 tbsp Rice Flour
1/8 tsp Baking Soda
1 Green Chilly, finely chopped (or paste)
1 tsp Ginger Paste
1 tsp Coriander Powder
1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
Salt, to taste
Oil, to deep-fry
Chat Masala, to sprinkle

STEPS TO FOLLOW:

1. Take all the ingredients (except veggies) in a big bowl and mix well.
2. Add all the vegetables into it.
3. Gradually add water as needed and adjust the dropping consistency.
4. Heat oil in kadai and keep the flame low.
5. Spoon out and drop 6-7 pakoras in hot oil carefully and let it get golden brown and crisp.
6. Drain on absorbent paper and sprinkle chat masala on top.
7. Serve with Green Chutney or Ketchup :)

SJ’s NOTE:

• Rice flour makes these pakoras crispy. Instead you can use cornflour too.
• Adjust the amount of spice according to your taste. You can also replace green chilly with red chilly powder.