Spinach Pakoda Recipe / Palak Keerai Pakoda / Keerai Pakoda is a crispy deep fried south Indian tea time snack made with spinach, onion and besan flour.
Ingredients
1 Cup of Besan Flour
¼ Cup of Rice Flour
1 Yellow Onion or any onion, Sliced
½ Tsp of Fennel Seeds
1 Cup of Spinach, Chopped
1 Tsp of Red Chilly Powder
1- 1.5 Tsp of Chilly Ginger Garlic Paste
Few Curry Leaves
1 Tsp of Salt
½ Tsp of Baking Soda
2 Tbsp of Vegetable OIl
Instructions
Wash and chop the spinach and slice the onion.
In a bowl, add besan flour, rice flour, salt and baking soda. Mix well with hand.
Add fennel seeds, red chilly powder, chilly ginger garlic paste, curry leaves, spinach, onion. Mix all the ingredients well so that onions and spinach are coated with mixture.
Add oil and sprinkle 2 tsp of water, mix again. If you love cashew nuts, chop it and add to the mixture. Mix everything together. " DO NOT ADD MORE THAN 2 TSP of water."
Heat the oil in a pan to deep fry. When it is hot, add a pinch of batter to the oil, if it rises up immediately. Oil is ready to deep fry.
Take a small portion of the mixture, gently drop into the oil, fry it in a medium flame till golden brown color, stirring occasionally in between for even cooking.
Once it done, take the pakoda out, drain them in a paper towel to absorb excess oil.
Hot, yummy spinach pakoda is ready to munch with tea.
Notes
Do not add lot of water to the mixture. Water from onion and salt should be more than enough. Always fry pakoda in medium high flame. Add asafoetida to the mixture, I forgot to add. You can also add chopped coriander leaves to the mixture. Here I used dried curry leaves, you can use fresh one for more flavor.
Recipe by FoodyBuddy at https://foodybuddy.net/2016/05/20/spinach-pakoda-recipe-keerai-pakoda.html