Today’s recipe is ‘Palak Pakora’. It is a crisp spinach fritters recipe which tastes delicious along with tea/coffee. Pakoras are my favourite snack during monsoon and rainy season. Serve it with ketchup or chutney or fried green chillies. These pakoras are a tastier way to introduce green leafy vegetables in your kid’s diet. Serve it as an appetiser or starter for parties.

For Palak Pakora, you will need –

spinach/palak, gram flour, rice flour, onion, green chillies, ginger, garlic powder, red chilli powder, salt, cumin seeds and carom seeds. For pakora, first, wash and chop spinach roughly in thin strips. Prepare a spinach and masala mix, then add this to gram flour batter. Deep-fry the fritters golden brown and crisp.

For more pakora recipes, you can also try following recipes – Aloo Pakora | Crispy Potato Fritters, Mayonnaise Bread Pakora (Quick tea-time snack), Gobhi Pakora / Cauliflower Fritters Recipe, Gobi Pakora (Cabbage Fritter/Patta gobi pakora), Bhutte Ke Pakore | Corn Fritters | Bhutte ke pakore recipe, Pyaz ki Bhajiya | Pyaz ki Pakori | Onion Fritters, Paneer Macaroni Pakodi (Cottage cheese pasta pakori), Aam ke Gulgulay (Mango Fritters-Summer Snack)

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Palak Pakora | Spinach Fritters

Palak Pakora | Spinach fritters - A crispy snack recipe which is prepared of spinach and gram flour. Serve hot with ketchup or chutney.

Course

Snacks

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

20 mins

Servings

people

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups Besan/gram flour
• 1/2 bunch or 6-7 large leaves Spinach/palak
• 1 medium size Onion (chopped )
• 2-3 nos. Green chilli (finely chopped)
• 1 tsp or as per taste Red chilli powder
• 1 tsp or as per taste Salt
• 2 Tbsps Rice flour
• 1 tsp Ginger (finely chopped)
• 1 tsp Carom seeds / ajwain
• 1 tsp Cumin seeds
• 1 tsp Garlic powder
• for batter Water as required
• for deep-frying Oil as required

Course Snacks Prep Time 10 mins Cook Time 20 mins Servings people Ingredients 1.5 cups Besan/gram flour 1/2 bunch or 6-7 large leaves Spinach/palak 1 medium size Onion (chopped ) 2-3 nos. Green chilli (finely chopped) 1 tsp or as per taste Red chilli powder 1 tsp or as per taste Salt 2 Tbsps Rice flour 1 tsp Ginger (finely chopped) 1 tsp Carom seeds / ajwain 1 tsp Cumin seeds 1 tsp Garlic powder for batter Water as required for deep-frying Oil as required

Recipe Notes

Method for Palak Pakora -

• Wash and chop palak/spinach leaves roughly in thin strips.

• Add red chilli powder, salt, cumin seeds and finely chopped ginger. Mix well.

• Next, add finely chopped onion and green chillies. Mix well and keep aside.

• In a separate bowl take gram flour and rice flour.

• Add the spinach mix in the flour mix.

• In small quantity and batches add water in the mix to prepare the pakora batter.

• Heat oil in a deep kadhai.

• On medium flame start deep-frying pakoras till golden brown and crisp.

• Remove pakoras on an absorbent paper.

• Fry all the pakoras in small batches.
• Serve it hot!