Mixed Vegetable Pakora
whatever is in the vegetable drawer, battered in gram flour and fried
Allergens in Mixed Vegetable Pakora: none of the ten listed below.
Ingredients
Quantities for 4.
- 2, sliced 3mm thick Potato
- 2, sliced Onion
- 150g, small florets Caulifloweroptional
- a handful of whole leaves Spinachoptional
- 1, in rings Capsicumoptional
- 200g Besan
- 3 tbsp Rice Flour
- 1 tsp Ajwain
- 1.5 tsp Chilli Powder
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric
- a pinch Baking Sodaopens the batter slightlyoptional
- 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
- Cut everything to a thickness that cooks in the time the batter takes to colour. Potato 3mm, cauliflower in small florets, leaves whole.
- The batter should coat the back of a spoon and drip slowly. Too thick and you are eating fried batter.
Method
- Whisk the besan, rice flour, spices, salt and baking soda with enough cold water to make a batter that coats a spoon.Cold water. It keeps the batter from absorbing oil.
- Rest the batter 10 minutes, then check the consistency again; it thickens as it stands.
- Heat the oil to 175C. Dip each piece, let the excess run off, and lower it in.
- Fry in small batches so the oil temperature holds. Crowding the pan is what makes pakora greasy.Watch the oil, not the clock. If it stops bubbling briskly, wait before the next batch.
- Cook 4 minutes until gold, drain on a rack rather than paper so the underside stays crisp.
- Salt while hot and serve with chutney.
Storage
Eat immediately. Fried vegetables lose their point within the hour and cannot be revived properly.
Nutrition Low estimate
One serving of Mixed Vegetable Pakora (292 g) is about 527 calories, or 181 calories per 100 g.
Medium protein: 15 g a serving, 12% of the calories
| Per serving292 g | Per 100 g | |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 527 kcal | 181 kcal |
| Protein | 15.4 g | 5 g |
| Carbohydrate | 62.6 g | 22 g |
| of which sugars | 10.0 g | 3 g |
| Fibre | 10.4 g | 4 g |
| Fat | 24.7 g | 8 g |
| of which saturated | 2.7 g | 1 g |
| of which unsaturated | 20.2 g | 7 g |
Syrup left in the bowl, or batter that yields more than the stated servings, means the real figures are likely lower. Estimated from raw ingredients using USDA FoodData Central.
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