Top Tips
- When the oil is heating up for frying , you can get all your other ingredients mixed and ready. This is exactly what I did too.
- You don't want to dipping the bread early in the pakora batter, it will make the bread soggy, rather than crispy.
More Indian Pakora recipes
Love Pakoras? Try making Bread pakoras next time, when you have excess bread. Serve with green chutney.
Ingredients
Bread Pakora
- 1 Cup Gram Flour
- ½ teaspoon Garam masala
- ¼ teaspoon Chilli Powder
- ½ teaspoon Carom Seeds Ajwain
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- ¾ teaspoon Salt Approx
- Oil for frying + ½ teaspoon for the batter
- 3 Bread slices – Farm house bread
Coriander Spinach Chutney
- ½ Bunch Coriander Leaves
- 10 Spinach Leaves or handful
- ½ inch Ginger
- 1 Clove Garlic
- 1 Green chilli
- 4 teaspoon Yogurt
- ½ teaspoon Dried Mango Powder Amchur
- ½ teaspoon Cumin Powder
- ¼ Lemon Juice
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- For Bread Pakora:
- Heat the oil in a kadai or a non-stick pan.
- In a large deep vessel, mix all the dry ingredients for bread pakora except for bread . Add water slowly, giving the batter a good stir until desired consistency is achieved. The batter should be neither too thick, nor too thin.
- Slice the bread in to 4-6 pieces triangle. Dip each slice into the batter and slide it in the heated oil. Fry on medium flame until they are crispy and golden brown. Drain the pakora’s on a tissue paper to ensure all the extra oil is absorbed. Repeat the process for the rest of bread triangles.
- Enjoy your hot bread pakora’s this winter with green chutney and some masala chai.
- To make spinach coriander chutney, add all the ingredients into a blender jar and process till you have a smooth consistency. Adjust by adding more water if needed.
Notes
This
chutney can be freezed and will still stay fresh up to a week for sure.
chutney can be freezed and will still stay fresh up to a week for sure.
Nutrition
Calories: 124kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 0.4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Trans Fat: 0.003g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 784mg | Potassium: 240mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 534IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Vitamin D: 0.01µg | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 2mg
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Sharvari (Mumbai to Melbourne) says
The props are gorgeous love the write up.... And the clicks
Bread pakoda is all time Chai time snack.... Never can get enough
JttPHZAx says
You should Roja.. its easy and can be made up in a jiffy
Roja Meeran says
yummy pakodas...would like to tr!
kitchen queen says
delicious and tempting bread pakora,