Palak pakora or palak pakoda is an easy evening snack, perfect for tea time. I think there is another version of palak pakora of mixing the spinach leaves with the batter, but I have had this way in a restaurant once and even my MIL makes this when she makes south Indian version with vegetables.(bajji). If you have ready made bajji mix, then this can be made more easily in a jiffy😊. Hang on with this simple snack as of now, I promise to bring you interesting recipe coming up next😉.
Palak Pakora/ Pakoda recipe
Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Snacks
Prep Time: 5 mins | Cook time: 10 mins | Serves: 2
Prep Time: 5 mins | Cook time: 10 mins | Serves: 2
Ingredients
Palak/ Indian spinach – 10 leaves
Besan/ chick pea flour – ½ cup
Rice flour – ¼ cup
Ajwain or jeera – ½ tsp
Black pepper powder – ¾ tsp
Cooking soda/ Sodium bi carb – 2 pinches
Asafoetida – 2 pinches
Ghee – 1 tsp
Oil – as need for deep frying
Besan/ chick pea flour – ½ cup
Rice flour – ¼ cup
Ajwain or jeera – ½ tsp
Black pepper powder – ¾ tsp
Cooking soda/ Sodium bi carb – 2 pinches
Asafoetida – 2 pinches
Ghee – 1 tsp
Oil – as need for deep frying
Method
- Separate the leaves from the stalk leaving little bit as shown in the picture. Wash and set aside. Place all the ingredients other than oil & palak , in a mixing bowl.
- Add water little by little and mix to a thick batter. It should be thick but loose enough to coat the leaves.
- Heat kadai/frying pan with enough oil. When its hot enough (if you drop a drop of batter in oil, it should rise immediately). Dip the leaves one by one and carefully drop in oil. You can fry 2-3 at a time depending on how much oil you use for the frying. Fry both sides until it puffs up and turns crisp and golden.
Notes
- You can replace black pepper powder with red chilli powder too. But I love the flavour it lends to the pakoras.
- You can use any spinach that are big enough for this pakoras.
- Too much water or too much cooking soda will make the pakoras oily.
Drain over paper towels to remove excess oil and serve hot with green chutney as side along with hot tea! Consume hot.
That's delicious….
it looks so crispy and yummy…perfect for evening snacks..
Sunandas Kitchen
Yummy pakoras 🙂
Had at a friends place once..loved it..looks crispy..
Never heard about this, quite interesting. Looks very tempting.
Wow thats my fav and you have done it so well.. looks super crispy and nice clicks 🙂 Feel like munching on them now!!
this is another interesting idea Raks ! i generally chop the leaves and make it ! this is too good !
I too make this..but chop it. Your's is looking so tempting…
Saw this recipe once in magazine…. you made it so delicious Raji…nic clicks too
Can have a plate full of these beauties,sooo irresistible.
interesting recipe..tempting
love that shapes 🙂 perfect timing for a pakoda
this version is more crisp than the other versions. love both the version.
Nice idea…Looks tasty
It's nice
looks crispy…tempting clicks
Really tempting, we have the weather or these!
addictive way to gorge on Palak.
yummy one…the idea of adding the whole leaf is nice…
healthy and crispy pakoda's 🙂
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I find the dish amazing, I’ll definitely try it. Pakoda has alwaya been my favorite, thanks for the gr8 recipe and tips.
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Looks very appetizing, sounds new and interesting to me!
it's my favorite monsoon recipe.
yummy…..