Palak Pakoda - how to make spinach pakoda

A quick and easy snack recipe made of Spinach, Gram flour and basic spices. Pakoda or pakora are basically deep fried tea time snack from Indian cousine. Gram flour and all purpose flour or corn flour are main ingredients to make spinach pakoda crispy. You can use leftover spinach to make tea time snacks.



To make palak Pakoda crispy, I have used all purpose flour, sliced onions, few garlic cloves, ginger.

Spinach Pakoda are Indian snack fritters and can be served as a party starters.





Ingredients to make Pakoda

- 1.5 cups spinach thinely sliced (washed, cleaned)
- 1/4 cup thinely sliced onion
- 1.5 tsp green chillies - this is optional
- 3/4 cup besan/ Gram flour
- 2 tbsp all purpose flour (maida) or corn flour or rice flour
- 1/2 tsp haldi / turmeric powder
- salt to taste
- 1 tsp ginger thinely sliced into small pieces
- 1 tsp garlic thinely sliced into small pieces
- 1/4 tsp hing
- 1/4 tsp ajwain
- oil for deep frying
- water

For serving

- tomato ketchup

Method 

1. Take a deep bowl and mix all ingredients very well with adding 2 tbsp water, add water if required.

2. Take thick base non-stick kadhai, add oil for frying and add ingredients in a spoon and drop in the oil.

3. Fry till golden color from all sides and cooked from all sides.

4. Keep Pakoda on an absorbent paper.

5. Serve hot with ketchup..!!

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