Stuffed Bread Pakora | Video
Bread slices stuffed with spiced potatoes is encased in a crispy layer of besan or chickpea flour batter! Perfect snack for the whole family!
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Ingredients
Potato mixture:
- 1 large potato cooked
- 2 tablespoon finely chopped onion
- 1 green or red chili chopped
- 2 tablespoon chopped coriander cilantro leaves
- Salt to taste
Batter:
- ½ cup besan chickpea flour
- ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric turmeric powder
- ¼ teaspoon red chili powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- Salt to taste
Mint chutney:
- ½ cup coriander cilantro leaves
- ½ cup mint leaves
- 1 green chili optional
- ¼ teaspoon ground cumin cumin powder
- ½ teaspoon lemon juice
- ¼ cup yogurt
- Salt to taste
Pakora:
- 4 bread slices
- ¼ cup mint chutney
- ¼ cup tomato sauce ketchup
- Oil for deep frying
Instructions
Potato mixture:
- Place potato in a small bowl and mash. Add onions, chilies, and coriander (cilantro) leaves. Season with salt. Mix. Set aside.
Batter:
- Place chickpea (besan) flour, ground turmeric, red chili powder and baking soda in a bowl. Add water little by little to make smooth batter with pouring consistency. I used approximately ¼ cup water. Set aside.
Mint chutney:
- Place coriander (cilantro) leaves, mint leaves, lemon juice, chili, ground cumin and yogurt in the small bowl of a food processor. Process until smooth. Season with salt. Set aside.
Pakora:
- Spread 2 bread slices with mint chutney and the other two slices with tomato sauce. Top the mint bread slices with potato mixture. Press down lightly. Place the bread slices with the tomato sauce on top. Press down lightly.
- Cut each sandwich crosswise into halves. Dip each slice in batter and deep fry until golden. Drain on absorbent towel. Cut into halves again. Serve hot with your favorite chutney.
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Notes
- To make this gluten free, use gluten free bread
- Any leftover potato mixture makes an excellent filling for potato sandwiches.
- Any leftover potato mixture makes an excellent filling for potato sandwiches.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 253kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 26mg | Sodium: 523mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 8g