Rice Pakora Recipe or Chawal Ke Pakore Recipe - deep fried snack made from leftover cooked rice, besan (gram flour), spices and your choice of vegetables. Very simple and easy to make delicious snack.
2tablespoonsCilantro or coriander leavesfinely chopped
¼cupCarrotschopped and boiled, steamed or microwaved
¼cupGreen Peasboiled, steamed or microwaved
¼teaspoonTurmeric powder
½teaspoonRed chili powder
Salt to taste
½cupBesan (gram flour)
3-4tablespoonsWater
Oilfor deep frying
Instructions
Take cooked rice in a bowl. Add all the ingredients except oil and water.
Mix well and let it sit for 5-10 minutes, as vegetables will leave its water.
Then add little water at a time and make thick lump free batter.
Heat the oil in a pan on medium heat for deep frying.
Once hot add spoonful of batter using your hand or two spoons. Fry few pakora at a time.
After few minutes, flip them or move them around to get even cooking and browning.
Once they get golden brown and crispy from all sides, remove it to a paper towel lined plate using slotted spatula.
Serve hot.
Notes
No need to add any baking soda to pakora batter to make it fluffy. Because this pakora are made from rice. Rice makes it fluffy without adding baking soda.
For the variations, skip the veggies and add some chopped onions. Or you can add other veggies like cabbage or corn. Mix and match the veggies as per your liking.