Vegetable Pakoras Recipe
Ingredients:
- 2 tsp Salt
- 100 gms Besan
- ½ tsp Chilli powder
- 1 tsp Garam Masala
- 2 tsps ground Cumin
- ¼ tsp ground Turmeric
- 2 Garlic pods, crushed
- 85 gms Broccoli florets
- 240 gms Zucchini, sliced
- 230 gms Eggplant, sliced
- 25 gms Self-Raising Flour
- 100 gms Cauliflower florets
- 180 ml Water, approximately
- Vegetable Oil, for deep-frying
Method:
- Sift both flours, spices and salt into a medium bowl. Add garlic, whisk in enough water to make a thick batter, cover, refrigerate 30 minutes.
- Boil, steam or microwave broccoli and cauliflower, separately, until just tender, refresh under cold water, dry with absorbant paper.
- Heat oil in large pan. Dip vegetable pieces, one at a time, into batter, drain away excess batter, deep-fry untill browned lightly and crisp. Drain on absorbant paper repeated process with the remaining vegetables.
- Serve with chutney.
Tip: A very stale loaf of bread can be considerably freshened by dipping it in milk or water (or a mixture of the two) for about a minute. After this, put it into the oven to crisp for about fifteen minutes.