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Crispy Palak Pakora Recipe - Monsoon Snack
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Crispy Palak Pakora Recipe - Monsoon Snack

A vegetarian Indian recipe with spinach leaves (palak), s flour (besan), red chilli powder. Ready in 40 min, serves 5.

Curated byAarav Mehta🇮🇳

40 minTotal Time15m prep · 25m cook
5Servings
200-350Est. Cost
MediumDifficulty
Directions10 steps
  1. 1

    To begin making the Crispy Palak Pakora Recipe, first get all the ingredients ready

  2. 2

    In a large mixing bowl, add the gram flour, turmeric powder, salt, red chili powder

    s flour (besan)(150 gram)red chilli powder(1/2 teaspoon)turmeric powder (haldi)(1/4 teaspoon)salt - to tastechaat masala powder - for sprinkling
  3. 3

    Stir to combine well

  4. 4

    Add little water at a time to make a thick pakora batter

  5. 5

    Preheat oil in a kadai (wok) for deep frying

    sunflower oil - for deep frying
  6. 6

    Once the oil has heated up sufficiently enough, dip each spinach leaf in batter to coat it evenly

    spinach leaves (palak)(25)
  7. 7

    Drop the leaf gently in the oil and fry it on a medium heat till the pakoras are crisp

  8. 8

    Once the Palak Pakoras are golden brown and crisp, remove them from the oil and drain on absorbent paper

  9. 9

    Proceed the same way with the remaining spinach leaves

    spinach leaves (palak)(25)
  10. 10

    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

    spinach leaves (palak)(25)chaat masala powder - for sprinkling

Nutrition Facts

Per serving

208 kcal
Protein3.7g
Carbs24.1g
Fat10.8g
Fiber2.8g

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