Bread Pakora / Fritters - A vegan and healthy kids' tiffin idea as well as evening snacks

 

This time I have prepared a healthy snacks which can be used for your kids’ school tiffin Bread Pakora is a fried snacks which is yummy but have good nutritional value. We can have it for evening snacks as well. Kids enjoy there tiffin pack with bread pakoda and tomato sauce. They are created by taking Main ingredients such as bread and dipping them in a batter of gram flour and then deep-frying them.Notably this is a vegan dish.

Preparation Time: - 30~35 min

Cooking Time: - 10~15 min
 

Servings: - 2~3 persons (varies according to the capacity of consumption)

Ingredients:- 

1. 6 breads (There are different bread type available in today’s  market – we need something firm not soft )
2. ½ cup Vegetable oil (I prefer Sunflower oil but you can use Canola or any vegetable oil)

For bread pakora stuffing

3. 2 large sized potatoes
4. Handful green peas
5. Pinch of hing /asafetida
6. ½ tsp Ginger paste
7. ¼ tsp Turmeric powder
8. ½ tsp Cumin Powder
9. ½ tsp Coriander Powder
10. 1~2 chopped Green Chilli
11. 2 tsp Coriander leaves
12. ½ tsp Red Chilli Powder ( I used Kashmiri red chili powder )
13. ½ tsp Garam Masala
14. ¼ tsp Aamchur powder
15. Salt to taste

For bread pakora batter

16. ¾ cup Beson ( Gram Flour )
17. 2~3 tbsp Rice flour
18. ½ tsp Red Chili powder
19. Pinch of Turmeric Powder
20. 1 finely chopped Green Chilli
21.  Pinch of asafetida
22. 1 tsp Cumin seeds
23. ¼ cup Cilantro (Green Coriander leaves)
24. Salt as needed
25. Water as needed

Preparation:-

1. Boil or steam the potatoes in pressure cooker / steamer till it is completely cooked.
2. Peel the potato when it is still warm. Mash and keep aside. You can also grate and keep aside.
3. Add green peas, coriander leaves, green chili, aamchur, cumin & coriander powder, ginger paste, hing, red chili powder, garam masala, salt and turmeric.
4. Mix the spices and herbs very well with the mashed potatoes. Keep aside.
5. Take a non-stick tawa / frying pan and heat 1 tbsp oil.
6. When sufficiently heated add cumin seeds and when they crackle add the potato +spices mixture.
7. Sauté for couple of minutes and switch off the burner and cool it down.
8. Slice 6 bread pieces in pair to form a triangular pair on a chopping board.
9. Evenly spread the stuffing inside the pair of triangular pieces by pressing gently if needed.
10. Take a deep bottomed vessel for frying and heat rest of the oil.
11. Simultaneously prepare the batter by first adding all the batter ingredients mentioned above with the beson. Pour sufficient water to the mixture so that the consistency should be such that it is not too thick or too thin.
12. Take few drops of heated oil in the batter and mix well.
13. Place each pair of bread pieces in the batter and drop gently in the hot oil.
14. Deep fry the bread pakoras until golden on both the sides on a medium heat. Flip when one side is finished.
15. Repeat this for all the pakoras.
16. Remove excess oil by placing them on a kitchen towel.

Now your healthy but yummy snacks / kids tiffin is ready to consume. You may dip into tomato sauce and start eating.

  

As always please feel free to comment, criticize and seek if any help is required. I am all ears.