Palak Pakora Recipe
Palak Pakora is a crispy and flavorful Indian snack made with fresh spinach leaves, gram flour, and aromatic spices, deep-fried until golden and crunchy. Perfect for tea-time and monsoon evenings.
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- 2 cups fresh spinach palak rinsed and cut or entire leaves.
- 1 cup gram flour besan
- 1 tbsp suji (simolina)
- Salt to taste
- Water as required
Main Ingredients
- ½ tsp red chilli powder
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- ½ tsp cumin seeds or ajwain
- 1-2 green chillies chopped finely.
- 1 tsp ginger paste optional
- 1 tbsp coriander leaves chopped.
- Oil for deep frying
Instructions
- Clean the spinach leaves thoroughly, dry them and chop the leaves or leave them as they are to have leaf pakoras.
- Add gram flour, semolina, spices, green chillies, ginger paste, salt and chopped coriander. Slowly pour water into the mixture to form a thick batter.
- Rest the batter for 10 to 15 minutes, then coat the spinach with it.
- Place oil in a deep pan and heat it on medium flame. Check when it is ready by placing a little batter in it; it ought to rise slowly.
- Add the spinach mixture in minor dots to the hot oil. Bake until they become golden brown and crispy, and dry them with paper towels.
Notes
- Do not add too much water; spinach releases moisture naturally.
- Fry on medium heat for even crispiness.
- Serve immediately for best texture.