Making tasty and delicious Pakistani pakora recipe famous as besan pakora or besan ke pakoray. People love to eat pakora with chutney and one of the most popular street food recipes all across Pakistan.
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What is Pakora?
Basically, it's a snack recipe made with gram flour (besan) with the addition of local spices that makes it tasty and then added with different vegetables to deep fry in hot oil. It has a golden brown crispy texture from the outside and soft and juicy from the inside.
If you haven't tried the 'Pakora' yet then give it a try and you will love the taste.
Pakora is the signature snack of Ramadan Iftar. Every house in Pakistan serves Pakora in iftar with a different variation.
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People from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh loves to make Pakora according to their taste and spices. Here in this recipe, I am sharing an authentic Pakistani pakora recipe (پکوڑہ بنانے کا طریقہ) that will help you to give the same taste that you eat on the street side of Pakistan.
So let's start Pakora making:
We will prepare,
- Onion Ring Pakora (Pyaz ke Pakoray)
- Potato Slice Pakora (Aloo ke pakoray)
- Lacha Pakora (payaz aur aloo ke pakoray)
Serve With: Imli Ki Chutney | Hari Chutney | Chaat Masala
Pakora Recipe Video
Recipe in Urdu
Ingredients
- Gram Flour (Besan) – 2 Cups
- Corn Flour – 1 Tbsp (to add crispiness)
- Red Chilli Powder – 1 Tsp
- Salt – 1 Tsp
- Chaat Masala Powder – 1 Tsp
- Baking Powder – ⅓ Tsp
- Water – 150 ml (To make Batter)
- Oil for Deep Frying
- Vegetables (Potato & Onion)
- Green Chillies Chopped
How to Make
- Preparation of Besan Paste: In a bowl, add gram flour (besan), cornflour, salt, red chili powder, chaat masala powder, baking powder, and mix all the ingredients together with the help of a whisk.
- Now slowly and gradually add water and make a thick paste.
- Beat the mixture for few minutes until you get a smooth texture.
- Cover the bowl for 30 minutes to get set.
- Vegetable Cutting: Cut onion in the form of rings and slices. In the same way, cut potato slices and fingers.
- To Make Potato Slice Pakora, first, dip the potato slices in a thick paste of gram flour (besan) and coat well.
- Now dip the slices in hot oil and deep fry properly.
- As the potato slices get golden brown color take it out on kitchen paper.
- Now make Onion Ring Pakora. Dip the onion ring in same gram flour paste and coat well.
- Deep fry until get crispy and get golden brown color.
- In the remaining mixture of gram flour, add potato fingers and onion slices along with green chilies and make Laccha Pakora.
- Mix well.
- Take a heap of potato and onion in spoon and place in hot oil.
- Fry from both side until getting golden brown color.
- Now all the Pakoras are ready to eat.
- Serve and enjoy with chutney.
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Pakistani Pakora Recipe
Equipment
- Wok
- Frying Pan
Materials
- Gram Flour Besan – 2 Cups
- Corn Flour – 1 Tbsp to add crispiness
- Red Chilli Powder – 1 Tsp
- Salt – 1 Tsp
- Chaat Masala Powder – 1 Tsp
- Baking Powder – ⅓ Tsp
- Water – 150 ml To make Batter
- Oil for Deep Frying
- Vegetables Potato & Onion
- Green Chillies Chopped
Instructions
- Preparation of Besan Paste: In a bowl, add gram flour (besan), cornflour, salt, red chili powder, chaat masala powder, baking powder, and mix all the ingredients together with the help of a whisk.
- Now slowly and gradually add water and make a thick paste.
- Beat the mixture for few minutes until you get a smooth texture.
- Cover the bowl for 30 minutes to get set.
- Vegetable Cutting: Cut onion in the form of rings and slices. In the same way, cut potato slices and fingers.
- To Make Potato Slice Pakora, first, dip the potato slices in a thick paste of gram flour (besan) and coat well.
- Now dip the slices in hot oil and deep fry properly.
- As the potato slices get golden brown color take it out on kitchen paper.
- Now make Onion Ring Pakora. Dip the onion ring in same gram flour paste and coat well.
- Deep fry until get crispy and get golden brown color.
- In the remaining mixture of gram flour, add potato fingers and onion slices along with green chilies and make Laccha Pakora.
- Mix well.
- Take a heap of potato and onion in spoon and place in hot oil.
- Fry from both side until getting golden brown color.
- Now all the Pakoras are ready to eat.
- Serve and enjoy with chutney.
Notes
- Add Cornflour to make crispy pakora
- Don't add the vegetables in Besan mixture for too long otherwise the pakora will be soggy right after taking out from the oil.
- Place pakora on grill or kitchen paper to release excessive oil.
- Don't cover the pakora after frying.
- Use fresh besan to get the best result of pakoras
- Always use the small quantity of baking soda otherwise the pakora will absorb more oil during frying.
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