Palak Pakoda Recipe | Spinach Fritters Recipe

Tips to get perfect Palak Pakoda:

1. Make sure not add more water while preparing pakoda batter. Adding onions releases water so of we add more water at the beginning then after adding onions, the batter will become more watery
2. Drain excess water from palak, mint and coriander leaves before adding to the batter to ensure that the pakoras get crisp to perfection
3. Maintain medium flame throughout the frying process to get crispy and golden pakoda

You can also try:

1. Bitter Gourd Pakoda
2. Onion Pakoda
3. Semiya Pakoda
4. Kambu Pakoda
5. Oats Pakoda

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Palak Pakoda Recipe | Spinach Fritters Recipe

Course: Snacks

Cuisine: Indian, Indian Recipes, North Indian

Equipments Needed

• Heavy Bottomed Pan
• Mixing Bowl

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Servings: 4 people

Calories: 140kcal

Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam

Pakoda, a popular, crispy and tasty evening time snack. We can make Pakoda with onions, cashews, peanuts and with most of the vegetables. Here, in this recipe, spinach is used to make crispy pakodas. Palak Pakoda is a perfect snack with healthy greens.

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Ingredients

• 2 Cups Palak (Spinach) 1 Cup - 250ml
• 10 Mint Leaves
• ¼ Cup Coriander Leaves
• 1 Onion Thinly Sliced
• 1½ Cup Gram Flour (Besan / Chickpea Flour)
• ½ Cup Rice Flour
• ½ tsp Red Chili Powder
• ½ tsp Cumin Powder
• 2 Green Chili Finely Chopped
• 2 tsp Ghee
• 1 tsp Salt Adjust As Needed
• 1½ Cup Oil For Deep Frying

Instructions

Prepare Pakoda Batter

• Roughly Chop Spinach, mint leaves and coriander leaves and set it aside. In a mixing bowl, add gram flour, rice flour, green chili, red chili powder, cumin powder, ghee and salt and combine well. Add water little by little and make it to a thick batter. As we are adding onions, the pakoda batter eventually gets little watery so do not add more water
• Now, add palak, mint and coriander leaves along with onion and coat the greens and onions with the batter. If the batter is very thick, sprinkle little water and make sure it coats nicely  with the greens and onions

Deep Frying Process

• Heat oil in a pan for deep frying the pakoda. Gently drop roughly shaped balls out of the pakoda mixture into the oil. Deep fry the pakodas till they are golden brown and also all the bubble ceases and the pakoda becomes crispy. Take out and place it in a paper towel to drain excess oil
• Serve the crispy and tasty Palak Pakoda (Spinach Fritters) with hot tea / coffee !

Notes

1. We can enrich the fritters by adding cashews and peanuts
2. Green Chilies we can exclude if serving for kids

Nutritional Info

Nutrition Facts

Palak Pakoda Recipe | Spinach Fritters Recipe

Amount Per Serving (1 fritter)

Calories 140 Calories from Fat 81

% Daily Value*

Fat 9g14%

Carbohydrates 12g4%

Protein 4g8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Instructions with Step by Step Pictures :

• Roughly Chop Spinach, mint leaves and coriander leaves and set it aside. In a mixing bowl, add gram flour, rice flour, green chili, red chili powder, cumin powder, ghee and salt and combine well. Add water little by little and make it to a thick batter. As we are adding onions, the pakoda batter eventually gets little thinner so do not add more water

• Now, add palak, mint and coriander leaves along with onion and coat the greens and onions with the batter.

• If the batter is very thick, sprinkle little water and make sure it coats nicely  with the greens and onions

• Heat oil in a pan for deep frying the pakoda. Gently drop roughly shaped balls out of the pakoda mixture into the oil. Deep fry the pakodas till they are golden brown and also all the bubble ceases and the pakoda becomes crispy. Take out and place it in a paper towel to drain excess oil

• Serve the crispy and tasty Palak Pakoda (Spinach Fritters) with hot tea / coffee !

Palak Pakoda Recipe | Spinach Fritters Recipe

 

Sowmya Venkatachalam

IT Engineer turned full time Food Blogger. I ♡ FOOD. I also love food blogging. Did you make a recipe? Tag @Subbusktichen on Instagram. I WANNA SEE!