Allergens in Bread Pakora: gluten.
Ingredients
Quantities for 4.
- 8 slices, a day old Breadday-old bread absorbs less oil
- 400g, boiled and crushed Potato
- 180g Besan
- 2, chopped Green Chilli
- 1 tsp, grated Ginger
- 1 tsp Amchur
- 1 tsp Chaat Masala
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric
- 1 tsp Chilli Powder
- a handful Coriander Leavesoptional
- 600ml Neutral Oilfor deep frying
- to taste Salt
Cookware
stovetop, kadhai
Checked against the ingredient list for ten allergens: milk, egg, fish, crustaceans, tree nuts, peanuts, sesame, mustard, soy and gluten. Brands vary, so read the label on anything new to you.
Before you start
- Use bread that has dried a little. Fresh soft bread drinks oil and collapses.
- Press the sandwich firmly before battering so the filling does not escape into the pan.
Method
- Mix the crushed potato with chilli, ginger, amchur, chaat masala, coriander and salt.
- Spread thickly on four slices, top with the rest and press down hard. Cut each into two triangles.
- Whisk the besan with turmeric, chilli powder, salt and water into a batter thick enough to cling.Thicker than a pakora batter. It has to seal the cut edges.
- Heat the oil to 175C. Dip each triangle, making sure the cut sides are covered, and lower it in.
- Fry 3 minutes a side until deep gold and crisp.
- Drain, cut once more if you like, dust with chaat masala and serve with tamarind chutney.
Storage
Eat straight away. These go soggy faster than any other fried snack.
Nutrition Low estimate
One serving of Bread Pakora (171 g) is about 444 calories, or 260 calories per 100 g.
Medium protein: 12 g a serving, 11% of the calories
| Per serving171 g | Per 100 g | |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 444 kcal | 260 kcal |
| Protein | 12.4 g | 7 g |
| Carbohydrate | 45.6 g | 27 g |
| of which sugars | 6.7 g | 4 g |
| Fibre | 7.5 g | 4 g |
| Fat | 24.0 g | 14 g |
| of which saturated | 2.5 g | 2 g |
| of which unsaturated | 19.8 g | 12 g |
Syrup left in the bowl, or batter that yields more than the stated servings, means the real figures are likely lower. Nearest database match used for amchur, chaat masala. Estimated from raw ingredients using USDA FoodData Central.
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