Crispy Palak Pakora Recipe - Monsoon Snack
Total Time: 40 minutes
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients:
- salt
- ajwain (carom seeds)
- red chilli powder
- chaat masala powder
- gram flour (besan)
- turmeric powder
- spinach leaves (palak)
- sunflower oil
Instructions:
- To begin making the Crispy Palak Pakora Recipe, first get all the ingredients ready
- In a large mixing bowl, add the gram flour, turmeric powder, salt, red chili powder
- Stir to combine well
- Add little water at a time to make a thick pakora batter
- Preheat oil in a kadai (wok) for deep frying
- Once the oil has heated up sufficiently enough, dip each spinach leaf in batter to coat it evenly
- Drop the leaf gently in the oil and fry it on a medium heat till the pakoras are crisp
- Once the Palak Pakoras are golden brown and crisp, remove them from the oil and drain on absorbent paper
- Proceed the same way with the remaining spinach leaves
- Sprinkle chat masala on Palak Pakoras and serve them hot with Date Tamarind Chutney, Green Chutney or even plain old KetchupNote: If you don't have baby spinach, you can use regular spinach, chop it fine and mix it into the batter to make the pakoras