I made these paneer pakoras as a evening snack & they turned out to be awesome. The spices & lemon juice sure make this pakora's tempting. Pakora's don't need any side chutneys, but if you want you can enjoy them with ketch up, green chutney or any side dip of you choice.
For this week theme on BM we are showcasing "North Indian Party Starters". I'm starting this marathon with "Paneer Tikka" recipe. Enjoy the dishes & don't miss the update. Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM# 47.
Cook Time-15mins
Serves-4people
Ingredients
20Bite size paneer pieces
Oil for deep frying
For Batter
3Tbs gram flour
1&1/2Tbs rice flour
3Tbs water
1/2Tsp lemon juice
2Tsp chili powder {adjust as needed}
2Tsp ginger garlic paste
1Tsp coriander powder
2Drops red food color
Salt to taste
Directions
- In a bowl take all the batter ingredients other than water. Mix them all with 3tbs water to a smooth thick paste. Adjust salt & chili powder if needed.
- Heat a deep pan with oil. Add a drop of batter & it should lift back immediately. Oil is ready for frying.
- Roll paneer pieces in the batter & coat them well around with it.
- Drop in the batter coated pieces one by one as many as the pan fits.
- Fry them on both sides to crisp. Remove pakoras on to a paper towel layered plate.
- Add in the next batch off paneer pieces & repeat the same.
- Serve them with finely sliced onions & chopped coriander leaves.
Note
- While frying don't overload the pan with battered pieces. Leave them some space to fry all around.
- You can totally skip food color in the batter. Pakora will look dark yellow in color instead of red.
- Replace paneer pieces with your choice of veggie to make some delicious pakoras.
