How to make Palak Pakoda - SK Khazana -
These pakodas are crisp and they also have the goodness of spinach
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Main Ingredients : Spinach leaves (palak) (पालक के पत्ते ), Gram flour (besan) (बेसन)
Cuisine : Indian
Course : Snacks and Starters
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Palak Pakoda - SK Khazana Recipe Card
Hindi: palak
Treasure house of vitamins and minerals, spinach must be included in the week's menu. The usage can be varied: chopped spinach leaves cooked with potatoes is a semi-wet vegetable with rotis, a few spinach leaves thrown in with mixed vegetables and turned into a soup is lovely on a cold winter night, chopped and blanched spinach makes a different sort of raita, spinach puree can be used in cutlets or kababs, the list goes on.
Prep Time : 0-5 minutes
Cook time : 6-10 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Easy
Taste : Mild
Ingredients for Palak Pakoda - SK Khazana Recipe
Spinach leaves (palak) 12-16
Gram flour (besan) 1 cup
Carom seeds (ajwain) 1/4 teaspoon
Turmeric powder 1/4 teaspoon
Red chilli powder 1/4 teaspoon
Asafoetida 1/4 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Oil for deep-frying
Date and tamarind chutney to serve
Lasoon chutney to serve
Method
Step 1
Heat sufficient in a kadai.
Step 2
Take gram flour in a large bowl, add carom seeds, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, asafoetida, salt and sufficient water and whiskwell to make a smooth batter of coating consistency.
Step 3
Dip each spinach leaf in the batter, shake off excess batter and slide into the hot oil. Deep fry till golden and crisp. Drain on absorbent paper.
Step 4
Arrange them on a serving platter and serve hot with date and tamarind chutney and lasoon chutney.
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