TAWA BREAD PAKORA
Tawa Bread Pakora is a healthier version of the famous deep fried bread pakora. Bread pakora is a snack where stuffing is added between two slices of bread, dipped in chickpea flour batter and deep fried.
Ingredients
- 8 slices bread medium
- 3-4 tbsp oil
FOR THE STUFFING:
- 1 cup mashed potatoes
- ½ cup peas boiled
- ½ cup onion finely chopped
- 1 tsp ginger minced or grated
- 1 tsp garlic minced or finely chopped
- 1-2 green chillis finely chopped
- 1 tbsp oil
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- ½ tsp garam masala
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- ¾ tsp salt
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp fresh coriander chopped
FOR THE CHICKPEA BATTER:
- ¾ cup chickpea flour besan
- ¼ cup rice flour
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- ¼ tsp carom seeds
- 2 tbsp fresh coriander chopped
- ½ tsp salt
- ¾ -1 cup water
- ⅛ tsp soda bicarbonate
Instructions
PREPARATION OF THE POTATO FILLING:
- Heat oil in a pan over medium heat.
- Add mustard and cumin seeds.
- As soon as the seeds beging to sizzle, add chopped onion.
- Stir fry till the onion becomes soft and lightly brown.
- Add garlic, ginger and green chillis. Stir fry for a minute.
- Add mashed potatoes, peas,garam masala, salt and turmeric powder. Mix well.
- Take the pan off the heat. Add chopped coriander and lemon juice. Mix well.
- Allow the stuffing to cool down a bit. If you use hot stuffing, it will make the bread soggy.
PREPARATION OF THE CHICKPEA BATTER:
- Mix all the ingredients for the batter in a wide dish.
- Add water little at a time as the batter should not be too thick or too thin.
- As I dipped the bread in the batter, I used about 1 cup water. If you are going to brush the batter over the slices then ¾ cup water should be enough.
PREPARATION OF THE TAWA BREAD PAKORA
- Spread the filling on 4 slices of bread. Don't make the layer too thin or too thick.
- Cover the filling with the remaining slices.
- Cut the sandwiched bread slices into triangles.
- Heat a frying pan, skillet or tawa over medium heat.
- Add about 1 to 2 tbsp of oil.
- Reduce the heat to low.
- Dip one triangle of the stuffed bread in the batter.
- Coat it well. If need be use a pastry brush.
- Gently place the coated bread triangle in the hot pan or tawa.
- Allow it to cook till golden brown.
- Flip it over and allow it to cook till golden brown.
- Using a spatula, make the triangle stand on one of its side. Cook. Repeat till all three sides are cooked well.
- Repeat with the remaining slices.
- Depending on the size of the pan, you can pan fry either 2-3 triangles together.
- Serve Bread Pakora with your favourite chutney or sauce.
Notes
- Add other vegetables of your choice to the potato filling.
- If you wish you can spread green or red chutney on the slices before adding the filling.
- Add grated paneer or cheese if you wish.
- Replace fresh coriander with fresh fenugreek. Tastes really good.
- Best to use bread that is not very fresh.
- You can deep fry the bread pakoras if you wish.