I chose North Indian Meals. It had bread pakoda as side dish. Instantly, I knew I had to try it out :)
Over the weekend, I prepared onion pakoda, and kept a little dough aside for bread pakoda.
Here's the recipe of it:
For pakoda dough:
- 2:3 measure of rice flour & gram flour (besan)
- Chilly powder
- Salt for taste
- Soda (baking soda - optional)
- bread
- Sauce/ ketchup/ chatni
- oil to fry
Pakoda Dough: Mix the 2 flours, chilli powder, salt & soda with little water, until it forms a uniform dough with even thickness. Do not add much water. It should be moderately thick.
Frying: Heat the oil in a pan. Cut the bread slice into 4 equal pieces (2-6 pieces as per your convenience). Dip the bread pieces in the pakoda dough completely and put into the frying pan with hot oil. Fry the pakodas until they turn golden red on either sides. Use tissues to take away extra oil if you are health conscience ;)
And here you are done! Serve it hot with ethenic South Indian coconut chatni or with ketchup.
Bread Pakoda and a cup of hot coffee will be the perfect nosh on a rainy day with your partner, friends or family!
Enjoy the taste of it.
(P.S:- There are variations of preparing Pakoda Dough. If you are running out of rice flour in your kitchen store, then you can mix maida. Or use just the gram flour alone. If you want some more crispyness, you can add 1 spoon rava to the dough. Also, a tip for those who are concerned about the fat contents in the pakoda: You can add some finely cut onion peices to the dough. Onions helps reduce the oil absorbed by pakoda. Note that adding baking soda increases the crispyness, but again, if you are concerned about health, then take this out of your recipe list).
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