Plain Savoury Fritters

Name: Plain Savoury Fritters (Pakoras)
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 1 tablespoonful melted ghee or oil; 1 tablespoonful melted ghee or oil; 1 teaspoonful dried pomegranate seeds (anar-dana); 1 teaspoonful dried pomegranate seeds (anar-dana); 2 green chillies (sabz mirch) or; ½ capsicum (Simla mirch); 4 ozs (115 g) onions; 2 green chillies (sabz mirch) or; ¾ teaspoonful salt; ½ teaspoonful garam masala; ½ teaspoonful red pepper (degi mirch); ¼ pt (150 mils) water; ½ oz (15 g) ginger (adrak); A pinch of carom seeds (ajwain); 1 dessertspoonful chopped coriander leaves (dhania) or parsley; ½ oz (15 g) ginger (adrak); A pinch of baking powder; 1 dessertspoonful chopped coriander leaves (dhania) or parsley; ½ capsicum (Simla mirch); ½ teaspoonful crushed coriander seeds (sukha dhania) —optional; 4 ozs (115 g) split-pea flour; 4 ozs (115 g) gram flour (besan) or; ½ teaspoonful red pepper (degi mirch); 4 ozs (115 g) split-pea flour

Pakoras

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mrs. Balbir Singh's Indian Cookery

By Mrs Balbir Singh

Published 1961

About

Ingredients

Ingredients for the batter

4 ozs (115 g) gram flour (besan) or
4 ozs (

Asia
India
Side dish
Vegetarian

Method

For the batter:—Sieve gram flour into a bowl and make a depression in its centre. Pour in half of the water after heating a little bit and continue stirring the flour till it becomes a thick batter. Beat hard for 15 minutes and gradually add the remaining warm water. Leave it