VEGETABLE PAKORAS
I like to think of pakoras as the Indian tempura. They're a staple of Indian life, and are the perfect accompaniment to a hot cup of chai or a chilled mug of beer. The superhero ingredient here is Indian chickpea flour. No egg is required to make this batter, so it's perfect for the vegans among you!
Provided by Aarti Sequeira
Time 45m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Whisk the besan, rice flour, salt, turmeric, ajwain seeds and baking soda together in a large bowl. Add the ginger, lemon juice and enough water (roughly 1/2 cup) to form a batter. (Consistency-wise, it should be slightly thinner than heavy cream.)
- Warm the oil in a heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat until it registers 375 degrees F on a thermometer. Set a cooling rack over a paper-towel lined baking sheet.
- Drop the onions, kale and cauliflower into the batter. Using tongs or your fingers, knock the excess batter off each piece before dropping into the hot oil. Fry in batches, making sure not to overcrowd the pot. Fry smaller, thinner vegetables like the onions and kale for 1 to 2 minutes. Fry the cauliflower for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Remove the pakoras from the hot oil using a spider. Set on the cooling rack, then quickly sprinkle with salt and the ground black lime. Eat hot!
PAKORA RECIPE | VEGETABLE PAKORA
Mixed Vegetable pakora are veggie fritters made in South Indian style. They are addictive, aromatic, crunchy and a delicious snack. Serve them with cup of tea or mint chutney.
Provided by Swasthi
Categories Snack
Time 25m
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Wash the veggies and cut to thin 2 inch long strips. Check the pictures in the post.
- Add them to a bowl along with ginger garlic, green chilies (or chilli flakes), salt, garam masala, mint or other herbs. Mix well & squeeze them gently to release moisture. Keep aside for 10 mins.
- Add the gram flour, rice flour (or corn starch) along with ajwain (optional). Mix well to a slightly sticky dough. If the dough is too dry, sprinkle a few tablespoons of water and mix. It must be of a sticky dough consistency and not batter consistency.
- Taste test and add more salt, garam masala or green chilies.
- Heat oil in a deep pan on a medium heat. Test by dropping a small portion of dough, it must sizzle and come up but not brown. This is the right temperature.
- Take small portions of dough and flatten with your fingers to 1½ inch size portions and gently slide to the hot oil. You won't shape it or drop it in lumps.
- Regulate the flame to medium. Do not disturb for a minute or 2 until they firm up a bit. Then stir them and fry until golden, crisp and aromatic.
- Remove the vegetable pakoras to a cooling rack or steel colander. To make the next batch, ensure the oil is hot enough but not smoking hot. Fry in batches until you finish all of the prepared dough.
- Serve vegetable pakora hot with a cup of masala tea or green chutney.
- To keep them crispy for longer, place them on a wired rack in a low oven setting. You can also reheat them in air fryer.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 293 kcal, Carbohydrate 30 g, Protein 6 g, Fat 16 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Sodium 33 mg, Fiber 5 g, Sugar 5 g, ServingSize 1 serving
CRISPY VEGETABLE PAKORAS
These are very yummy, and if any of you have ever had Japanese tempura coated veggies, you'll love this recipe. It's similar, yet it is unique in it's taste. Serve with a chili sauce, mint yogurt sauce, or sweet and sour sauce. Try other vegetables for dipping, such as sweet potatoes, broccoli and asparagus.
Provided by veggigoddess
Categories Appetizers and Snacks Spicy
Time 25m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Sift the chickpea flour into a medium bowl. Mix in the coriander, salt, turmeric, chili powder, garam masala and garlic.
- Make a well in the center of the flower. Gradually pour the water into the well and mix to form a thick, smooth batter.
- Over medium high heat in a large, heavy saucepan, heat the oil to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Coat the cauliflower and onions in the batter and fry them in small batches until golden brown, about 4 to 5 minutes. Drain on paper towels before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 216.5 calories, Carbohydrate 15.9 g, Fat 15.9 g, Fiber 2.6 g, Protein 4.6 g, SaturatedFat 1.9 g, Sodium 406.4 mg, Sugar 4.3 g
MIXED VEGETABLE PAKORAS
Nidhi Jalan loves her snacks. The owner of Brooklyn-based Masala Mama calls these deep-fried veggies the "tempura" of Indian food. The spice-infused batter fries up into a puffy and crunchy coating -- fresh cilantro chutney is the perfect dipping sauce. Though pakoras are usually served at tea time, Nidhi also loves them at cocktail hour.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Time 40m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 23
Steps:
- For the green chutney: Combine the chilies, cilantro, garlic, ginger, mint, lime juice, sugar, cumin, 2 tablespoons water and 3/4 teaspoon salt in a food processor or blender and blend until smooth. Season to taste with additional salt if needed. Transfer to a serving bowl and set aside. Makes: 3/4 cup.
- For the batter: Combine the chickpea flour, cilantro, ajwain, asafoetida, chili flakes, baking soda, if using, and a heaping tablespoon of salt. Gradually add enough water, while mixing, to form a smooth batter that has the consistency of thin pancake batter, about 2 cups water; it should be thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
- For the vegetables and frying: Fill a large Dutch oven halfway with oil, attach a deep-fry thermometer and heat over medium-high heat to 340 degrees F. (It is important that the oil be medium hot, if too hot then the pakoras will brown on the outside but the vegetables will be raw on the inside.)
- Toss together the kale and yellow onion in a bowl. Then put the cauliflower/broccoli, red onion and potato into separate bowls. Once the oil is at temperature, add enough of the batter to the bowl of onions to coat. Then drop spoonfuls of the mixture into the hot oil (being careful not to overcrowd) and fry, turning occasionally, until golden brown, 5 to 7 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to remove to a cooling rack set over a baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining batter and vegetables: 5 to 7 minutes for the cauliflower/broccoli florets, 6 to 10 minutes for the potatoes and 5 to 7 minutes for the kale.
- Sprinkle the pakoras with sea salt and serve hot with the green chutney for dipping.
UNCLE BILL'S FRESH YOUNG PEA & VEGETABLE SOUP
I wanted to make a light style soup using many of the fresh veggies that are available at this time. This soup is easy to make and tastes so good.
Provided by William Uncle Bill
Categories Potato
Time 39m
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- In a cooking pot on medium-high heat, melt butter and add olive oil.
- Add chopped onions and saute' on medium-high heat for 5 minutes.
- Add garlic and saute' for another 2 minutes.
- Add chicken broth and water and bring to boil.
- Add chicken soup base, cubed nugget potatoes, and cook for 4 minutes.
- Add carrots, dill weed, parsley and continue to cook for another 5 minutes or until carrots are just tender, but still firm.
- Add cauliflower, celery, young peas, red pepper, green onion, white pepper, seasoning salt, Idaho potato flakes and cook for another 3 to 4 minutes.
- Reduce heat and add whipping cream slowly, stirring all the while when adding.
- Adjust seasonings to taste.
- Remove soup from heat and let stand for 10 minutes before serving.
- Refrigerate any unused portions.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 256, Fat 12.6, SaturatedFat 6.7, Cholesterol 31.8, Sodium 484.1, Carbohydrate 29.4, Fiber 6, Sugar 6.4, Protein 7.9
UNCLE BILL'S VEGETABLE SOUP
Make and share this Uncle Bill's Vegetable Soup recipe from Food.com.
Provided by William Uncle Bill
Categories Onions
Time 50m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- In a large cooking pot, add water and bring to boil.
- Add quartered potatoes, crushed tomatoes including liquid, onion, carrots, beans, chicken soup base and bring to boil.
- Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
- Remove potatoes into a bowl and mash.
- Add 3 tablespoons of butter and 1/4 cup of whipping cream to the mashed potatoes and mix well to blend; set aside.
- To soup pot add 2 tablespoons of butter, cubed potatoes, celery, small peas, dried dill weed, salt, pepper and simmer for 10 minutes or until potatoes are just tender.
- Add mashed potato mixture and stir well.
- Bring soup just to boil.
- Adjust seasonings to taste.
- Serve hot.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 184.6, Fat 7, SaturatedFat 4.2, Cholesterol 19.5, Sodium 545.5, Carbohydrate 28.1, Fiber 4.4, Sugar 4.1, Protein 4.1
UNCLE BILL'S LIGHT VEGETABLE SOUP
I have been making this recipe for many years, easy to make, very tasty. Good for any kind of weather and it is healthy for you.
Provided by William Uncle Bill
Categories Stocks
Time 55m
Yield 12-14 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- In a large cooking pot, add broth, water and chicken soup base and bring to boil.
- In the meantime, in a frying pan on medium-high heat, melt butter, add onions and saute for 5 minutes or until translucent.
- Add tomatoes and cook until reduced and sauce starts to thicken, about 10 minutes; set aside.
- To the cooking pot, add carrots, potatoes, garlic, white pepper, salt, chili powder, hot red pepper flakes, dried dill weed and pasta and cook until pasta is el dente, about 10 minutes.
- Add onion/tomato sauce, celery and tiny peas and cook for another 5 minutes.
- Adjust seasonings to taste.
- Serve soup hot.
- Refrigerate any unused portions.
- You can use all water instead of chicken broth or vegetable broth. Use 1 vegetable bouillon cube or 1 teaspoon of chicken soup base for each 2 cups of water.
- You can also use a small penne pasta of your choice, or pearl barley, macaroni or basmati rice instead of small shell pasta.
UNCLE BILL'S SIMPLE VEGETABLE BORSCHT
Make and share this Uncle Bill's Simple Vegetable Borscht recipe from Food.com.
Provided by William Uncle Bill
Categories Lemon
Time 1h5m
Yield 12-14 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 22
Steps:
- In a large frying pan, melt margarine over medium heat.
- Add chopped onions, grated carrots, diced green and red peppers and saute' for 5 minutes.
- Stir in green and red shredded cabbage, grated beet and saute' for 10 minutes or until vegetables are softened.
- Transfer sautéed vegetables to a large cooking pot.
- Add water, vegetable broth, cubed potatoes, tomato paste, chopped garlic, bay leaf, crushed peppercorns and bring to boil.
- Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add cauliflower florets, chopped celery, diced apple, paprika, soy sauce, dill weed and lemon juice and simmer covered for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Remove from heat.
- Remove and discard bay leaf.
- Adjust seasonings to taste.
- Let borscht sit for 15 minutes before serving.
- Refrigerate any unused portion.
UNCLE BILL'S VEGETABLE PAKORAS
After spending some considerable time in the Fijian Islands, I fell in love with the Indian style of cooking. Finally started to develop my own Indian recipes and very successful as my East Indian friends always give me compliments on my recipes.
Provided by William Uncle Bill
Categories Potato
Time 45m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 22
Steps:
- BATTER.
- Sift flour into a mixing bowl.
- Add turmeric, cumin, chili powder and salt; mix well.
- Gradually ad warm water and mix to a semi-thick batter; set aside.
- VEGETABLES.
- In a medium size cooking pot, add potatoes, cover with water and bring to boil.
- Cover and cook until potatoes are tender, about 12 to 15 minutes.
- When potatoes are cooked, drain and mash potatoes; set aside to cool slightly.
- Chop cauliflower florets into small pieces; set aside.
- In a large frying pan, melt butter on medium heat.
- Add onions, garlic and ginger and sauté until onions are translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Add cauliflower, peas, turmeric, cumin, salt and pepper; cover and sauté for another 3 minutes.
- Add this mixture to the slightly cooled potatoes and mix well to incorporate.
- Using a teaspoon, spoon mixture by spoonfuls.
- Rub your hands with some olive oil and form the spooned mixture into balls.
- Flatten to about 1/4 inch thickness.
- Dip into batter so that they are covered with batter, let excess drain off.
- In a frying pan, heat canola oil to 375°F.
- Drop battered pakoras into the hot oil and fry for about 1 to 1 1/2 minutes per side until they are light brown.
- Add more oil if required.
- Remove to a plate lined with paper towels to absorb any excess oil.
- Serve with your favorite yogurt dip or ketchup.
- YOGURT DIP.
- In a bowl, whisk together yogurt, lemon juice, salt and pepper and refrigerate for 1 hour before using.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 434.6, Fat 41, SaturatedFat 5.5, Cholesterol 12.8, Sodium 243.9, Carbohydrate 16, Fiber 2.2, Sugar 3, Protein 2.7
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