Chicken pakora/fritters

• Servings: 4
• Boiling time:10 minutes.
• Preparation time: 6 minutes.
• Frying time:5-6 minutes.
• Total time: 22 minutes.

By habit Indians love to eat fried, chicken pakoda/fritters is one of them. You get the wafting aroma of chicken; in fact it has amazing taste and nutritive value.

“Chicken pakora/fritters” is a crispy, flavorful snack that combines tender pieces of chicken with a spiced gram flour batter, deep-fried to golden perfection. Juicy on the inside and crunchy on the outside, these fritters are a popular street-style delicacy as well as a favorite homemade treat.

Chicken pakoras are perfect for serving as an evening snack, party appetizer, or a special addition to festive meals. Best enjoyed hot with  Green Chutney or ketchup and a cup of chai, they bring together the joy of indulgence and the comfort of classic Indian flavors.

Pakoda/fritters loved by all; contains all the nutrients that make strong body, like protein, calcium, iron etc….

Ingredient:

• Chicken (breast):200 gm.
•  Ginger: 2-3 “piece
• Garlic: 3-4 flakes
• Salt: 1 teaspoon
• Ajwain (carom seeds): ¼ teaspoon
• Besan (gram flour): 1 cup
• Garam masala: ½ teaspoon
• Water: 1 cup
• Mustard oil: for deep fry
• Meetha soda (Soda bicarb): 1 pinch

Preparation:

1. Grind ginger and garlic; make fine paste, Keep aside.
2. Boil the chicken, along with ½ teaspoon of salt and bay leaf. Keep aside.
3. Take a bowl. Put Besan, salt, Ajwain, ginger garlic paste, Garam masala and Meetha soda in it.
4. Make a smooth batter with the help of water.

Method:

1. Take fry pan, heat oil in it.
2. Let oil to smoke. Pour a drop of batter into the oil; if batter comes up, it means right temperature of oil otherwise wait for a while and test again.
3. After getting right temperature of oil, dip the boiled chicken piece into batter. (Either direct by hand or spoon)
4. Deep fry  on medium flame all chicken pieces, when they start to come up slowly turn over(about 2-3 minutes each side).
5.  Fry on medium until it becomes golden brown on both sides (about 4-5 minutes each batch).
6. Serve hot Chicken pakoda/fritters with  onion slices and tomato sauce.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

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