Palak pakoda or spinach fritters

Today i am here with another recipe called palak pakoda (Spinach fritters). This is one of the yummy dish you can relish during rainy season or with evening tea. Kids do not like spinach to eat but this can be consumed with delight by them.

This is also called pakodi or ponako, dhaltjies, bajji etc and it is found across Indian sub continent Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan apart from India. The word pakoṛā is derived from Sanskrit पक्ववट pakvavaṭa, a compound of pakva ('cooked') and vaṭa ('a small lump') or its derivative vaṭaka, 'a round cake made of pulse fried in ghee'.

The main ingredient of pakoda can be any green vegetables like spinach, okra (Lady finger), brinjal, cauli flower, methi leaves, onions (spring can also be used), bottle gourd etc. The sliced vegetables are dipped in gram flour batter and deep fried in oil and can be served with various kind of chutney or sauces.

Now lets move to recipe:

Ingredients :

washed and chopped Spinach   1 cup
Green chilli (Chopped) 1 tbs (Optional)
Gram flour 1 cup
Turmeric   1 tbs
chilli powder 1 tbs
pepper powder 1 tbs
Garlic- Ginger paste 1 tbs
Salt as per taste
Oil to fry


Recipe :
1. Take gram flour and sieve in a bowl. Now mix all the spices and ginger-garlic paste and slowly  add water and stir it to avoid lumps and add water till you get a thick consistency.
2. Now add spinach in it and green chili and mix well.
3. take a pan and heat it and pour oil in it and now take small portion of spinach mixture and put it in oil. Similarly you can put more fritters in it and deep fry it on medium flame till golden brown or it get crispy. Not take it out on tissue paper to make it absorb extra oil.
4. You can serve it with tomato sauce or green or tamarind chutney.

Till you relish this i will be back with another yummy recipe. Bye bye yummy mummies :)