Indian Food & Recipes

Alu Vada (potato pakora)

Ingredients:

• 3-4 Potatoes (wash and cut into thick round slices)
• 200 gm Besan
• A pinch of baking soda (soda-bi-carb)
• A pinch of kalonji
• 1-teaspoon ginger paste
• 1-teaspoon garlic paste
• 1-teaspoon red chilli powder
• Salt according to taste
• 2 cup of mustard oil (for deep frying)
• 100 ml water
  

Preparation:

1. Take besan in a big bowl and mix with baking soda.
2. Make a thick batter.
3. Add chilli powder, kalonji, ginger-garlic paste and salt to taste & mix well with batter.
4. Heat the oil in a pan, dip the potato slices in batter and deep fry in a medium flame.
5. When the pakoras become brown, keep them in a paper napkin for soak the excess oil.
6. Serve the hot pakoras with tomato sauce or dhania chutney.