Cooking with Shail

Hey guys the recipe I am posting today is a tasty pakoda recipe and a street food. Perfect for the up coming rainy cravings. So let’s get cooking…

Ingredients:

Boiled Potatoes – 5 medium

Onions (finely chopped) – 2 large

Garlic paste – 1 tbsp

Ginger paste – 1 tbsp

Oil – 1 tbsp

Green chillies (finely chopped) – 2-3 pieces

Schezwan chutney – 1 tbsp

Coriander leaves (finely chopped) – 1/2 cup

Lemon juice – 1 tsp

Garam masala powder – 2 tsp

Salt as per taste

Bread – 10 slices

Chana atta/Gram Flour/ Besan – 1 and 1/2 cups

Water for making batter

Turmeric powder – 2 tsp

Oil for frying

Green chutney and sweet chutney to serve with

Method:

1. In a wok take the oil. Once it becomes warm add the ginger, garlic paste and add half of the finely chopped onions. Now add the turmeric powder. Saute till translucent. Now add the green chillies.

2. Take it off the gas now add the boiled and mashed potatoes. Add the coriander leaves, garam masala powder, salt and lemon juice and mix it all well. Lastly add the schezwan chutney and mix it well. Keep aside.

3. Make a slightly thick batter using gram flour and water. To this add the turmeric powder and salt.

4. Take a bread slice apply the aloo masala on it. Now cover with another bread slice and press the slices together and seal the edges using little water. Dip the bread in the besan batter and deep fry on high flame.

5. Serve hot with green and sweet imli chutney.

 ‘This blog post is part of the blog challenge ‘Blogaberry Dazzle’ hosted by Cindy D’Silva and Noor Anand Chawla.’