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Palak Pakoda Recipe | Spinach Fritters Recipe

Posted on Dec 8th, 2016
by Sowmya Venkatachalam
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5 from 3 votes
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.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
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Palak Pakoda (Spinach Fritters), Easy Indian Snack, a perfect tea time snack. Pakoda, made of healthy greens like Spinach, mint & coriander leaves along with besan, rice flour and spices. A crunchy and tasty evening snack. Palak Pakoda is one way of making our kids to eat the greens. Sometimes we carve to eat something crunchy but we look of easier and quicker snack.

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
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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
Palak Pakoda Recipe | Spinach Fritters Recipe

 

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Momof3Kiddos says:
December 9, 2016 at 7:03 pm

When do we add the ghee?

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subbuskitchen says:
December 26, 2016 at 8:56 pm

Add the ghee along with the flours in step 1

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