Crispy Pakoda Recipes: Eating pakodas with evening tea is a different pleasure. If you want to try something different and spicy this time, then you can take ideas from these recipes of home chefs. Snacks like Dalia Pakoda, Soya Popcorn, Khasta Pakoda and Tandoori Tikka Paneer Masala are different in taste. Which are also easy to make. So let us know their easy recipes.
Oatmeal Dumplings
You can prepare and feed home chef Niharika Mishra's Dalia Pakoda to your guests in just a few minutes at home.
Material
- 1 cup cooked oatmeal
- 1 onion
- 1 green chilli
- green coriander
- ½ tsp celery
- ½ tsp red chilli powder
- ½ tsp chaat masala
- ½ cup gram flour
- salt as per taste
- Oil
Method
- Add cooked porridge, onion, green chilli and green coriander in a bowl.
- Add gram flour, celery, red chilli, chaat masala and salt to it.
- Prepare a thick mixture by adding some water.
- Drop small portions of the mixture into hot oil and fry until golden and crispy.
- Serve hot porridge pakodas with green chutney.
Soy Popcorn
For spicy food on weekends, try home chef Neha Goyal's Soya Popcorn.
Material
- 1 cup soya chunks
- 2 teaspoon cornflour
- 1 teaspoon red chili powder
- ½ tsp chaat masala
- ½ tsp black pepper powder
- salt as per taste
- Oil
Method
- First of all, boil soya chunks, squeeze them well and grind them.
- Mix chopped onion, tomato with cornflour, red chilli, black pepper, chaat masala and salt and make small balls.
- Now fry the soya chunks balls in hot oil until they become crispy and golden.
- Sprinkle some chaat masala on top and serve.
Crispy Pakodas
If you feel like eating something crisp and spicy with evening tea, then try these crispy pakodas from home chef Bhavna Sharma.
Material
- 1 cup gram flour
- 4 bread slices
- 1 onion
- 1 green chilli
- ½ tsp celery
- ½ tsp red chilli powder
- green coriander
- salt as per taste
- Oil
Method
- First of all, cut the bread slices into round shapes.
- Place the prepared potato stuffing on one bread piece and cover it with the other piece and lock it.
- Prepare a thick batter by mixing gram flour, celery, red chilli, coriander and salt in a bowl.
- Dip the prepared bread packet thoroughly in the gram flour batter.
- Fry it in hot oil and serve hot with green chutney.
Tandoori Tikka Paneer Masala
If you love the tandoori taste of paneer, then do try this Tandoori Tikka Paneer Masala from home chef Shraddha Hajela.
Material
- 200 grams cheese
- ½ cup curd
- 1 teaspoon red chili powder
- ½ teaspoon turmeric
- ½ tsp garam masala
- ½ tsp chaat masala
- 1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste
- 1 capsicum,
- 1 onion
- salt as per taste
- 1 teaspoon oil
Method
- Mix curd, red chilli, turmeric, garam masala, chaat masala, ginger-garlic paste and salt in a bowl.
- Add cheese, onion and capsicum to it and coat well.
- Let it marinate for some time.
- Now heat oil in a pan and fry the cheese and vegetables until they turn golden from all sides.
- Serve the prepared Tandoori Tikka Paneer Masala hot with chutney.
Spinach Aloo Crispy Pakodas
Home Chef Mamta Ghai's Palak Aloo Khasta Pakoda recipe is very tasty and easy to make.
Material
- 1 bunch spinach
- 2 potatoes
- 1 inch ginger
- 2–3 green chillies
- green coriander
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric
- ½ tsp red chilli powder
- 2 teaspoons coriander-cumin powder
- desiccated coconut
- white sesame seeds
- few drops lemon juice
- 4–5 tsp rice flour
- Gram flour
- Oil
Method
- First of all, mix grated potatoes, ginger, green chillies and green coriander in chopped spinach.
- Add salt, turmeric, red chilli and coriander-cumin powder.
- Add dry coconut, white sesame and lemon juice to it.
- Now add rice flour and mix everything well.
- Put small portions of the mixture in hot oil and fry on medium flame until it becomes golden and crispy.
- Serve the prepared Palak Aloo Crispy Pakodas hot with green chutney.
Aaluvadi
For evening snack, you can make spicy aloowadi recipe of colocasia leaves prepared by home chef Vedanti Rahul Tekade.
Material
- 8–10 taro leaves
- 1 cup gram flour
- ½ cup rice flour
- ½ cup coriander
- 2 green chillies
- 1 teaspoon ginger-garlic
- 2 spoon coconut
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon jaggery
- 1 teaspoon red chili powder
- ½ teaspoon turmeric
- 1 teaspoon dry mango powder
- ½ tsp celery
- 1 teaspoon white sesame seeds
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- salt as per taste
- Oil
Method
- Make a paste by grinding coriander, green chilli, ginger-garlic, coconut, cumin and jaggery.
- Mix gram flour, rice flour, red chilli, turmeric, dry mango powder, celery, sesame seeds, lemon juice and salt in it.
- Prepare a thick batter by adding some water.
- Apply batter on arbi leaves, place one on top of the other and make a roll.
- Steam the rolls for 20–30 minutes. When it cools down, cut it into round pieces.
- Fry in hot oil until golden and crispy.
- Serve the prepared aloowadi hot with green chutney.
Corn Cone Pakora
If you want to make some crispy and cheesy snacks to accompany your evening tea, try home chef Sneha Mehra's Con Pakoda recipe.
Material
- 4 flour loaves
- ½ cup capsicum
- ½ cup onion
- ½ cup tomato
- 1 cup boiled corn
- ½ cup cheese
- ½ tsp red chilli powder
- ½ tsp chaat masala
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper powder
- salt as per taste
- Oil
Method
- Prepare the stuffing by mixing capsicum, onion, tomato, corn, cheese and all the spices in a bowl.
- Cut the flour rotis into two parts and give them a cone shape and stick the edges with water.
- Fill the prepared stuffing in the cone and seal the open part properly.
- Now fry them in hot oil until they become golden and crispy.
- Serve the prepared Cheese Corn Cone Pakoda hot with green chutney or tomato sauce.
FAQ
How to make pakodas more crispy?
To make the pakodas crispy, do not keep the batter too thin and fry them on medium flame till they turn golden.
How is soy popcorn made?
Boil and squeeze the soya chunks, mix them with spices and cornflour, form small balls and fry in hot oil until crispy.
How to make Tandoori Tikka Paneer Masala?
Paneer and vegetables are marinated in spicy curd and baked in a pan until golden.
What kind of stuffing is filled in which pakora?
Con Pakodas are stuffed with capsicum, onion, tomato, corn, cheese and spices.
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