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Palak Pakoda | Pasalai Keerai Bajji is a simple, flavourful, crispy Indian snack recipe. You can easily prepare this Palak Pakoda | Pasalai Keerai Bajji recipe within 15 minutes and serve it as a quick deep-fried Indian snack.
How to make Crispy Palak Pakoda | Crispy Pasalai Keerai Bajji recipe is given below with step-by-step instructions and images.
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About - Crispy Palak Pakoda | Crispy Pasalai Keerai Bajji
Crispy Palak Pakoda | Crispy Pasalai Keerai Bajji is a crispy and flavourful deep-fried Indian snack. It is one of the popular evening tea-time snack or monsoon snack recipes.
Pakoda or Pakora is nothing but a fritter made with gram flour-based batter recipe. Palak Pakora is made with palak leaves and gram flour (besan flour) based spiced batter.
Again, palak leaves are nothing but spinach in English, pasalai keerai in Tamil and palak in Hindi.
It is an easy and quick deep-fried snack made with very few ingredients such as palak leaves, besan flour (bengal gram dal flour), rice flour, red chilli powder, turmeric, salt, asafoetida and cooking soda. To enhance the taste and flavour of the recipe crushed garlic and ajwain seeds are also added.
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How to make Crispy Palak Pakoda? | How to make Crispy Pasalai Keerai Bajji?
Palak Pakoda | Pasalai Keerai Bajji is a simple, flavourful, crispy Indian snack recipe. You can easily prepare this Palak Pakoda | Pasalai Keerai Bajji recipe within 15 minutes and serve it as a quick deep-fried Indian snack.
Cuisine - Indian
Serving - 5
Timing - 15 minutes
INGREDIENTS
Palak Leaves/Pasalai Keerai - 10 large leaves
Besan Flour/Kadalai Maavu - 3/4 cup
Rice Flour - 1/4 cup
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Red Chilli Powder - 1 teaspoon
Ajwain Seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
Cooking Soda - 1 pinch
Salt - to taste
Asafoetida Powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Crushed Garlic - 5
Water - as needed
Groundnut Oil - for frying
INSTRUCTIONS
1. To begin making the Palak Pakoda | Pasalai Keerai Bajji recipe - Keep all the ingredients ready.
2. To prep the palak leaves - Select the large leaves and remove the thick stems and soak them in water for 1 or 2 minutes.
3. Drain the water and wash them in 2-3 exchanges of water.
4. Put them in a colander and allow them to drain excess water completely.
5. To make the batter - In a deep bowl, add besan flour, rice flour, salt, red chilli powder, turmeric, asafoetida, cooking soda, crushed garlic and ajwain seeds.
6. Gently, mix well.
7. Now gradually add enough water to make a batter.
8. At this stage, the consistency of the batter should be medium (not thick, thin or runny).
9. To Fry - Heat the oil in a kadai for deep frying over a moderate flame.
10. Once the oil is hot enough, take a tablespoon of oil and add to the batter.
11. Mix well.
12. Now, take a palak leaf and dip it in the batter.
13. Lift up and gently shake to remove the excess batter.
14. Now carefully, drop the palak leaves into the oil.
15. Fry the palak pakoda until crisp and golden brown. (Do not forget to flip both sides for even cooking).
16. Repeat the above steps (12 to 15) for the remaining palak leaves.
17. Remove the fried palak pakoda using a slotted spoon.
18. Drain the fried palak pakoda on kitchen paper towels to remove extra oil.
19. Crispy Palak Pakoda | Crispy Pasalai Keerai Bajji is ready.
You can serve this hot and crispy Palak Pakoda | Crispy Pasalai Keerai Bajji immediately. On rainy days, winter evenings, weekends, tea-time or for special guest arrivals anytime you can make this pakoda quickly and enjoy it with your favourite people.
PICTORIAL INSTRUCTION
1. To begin making the Palak Pakoda | Pasalai Keerai Bajji recipe - Keep all the ingredients ready.
2. To prep the palak leaves - Select the large leaves and remove the thick stems and soak them in water for 1 or 2 minutes.
3. Drain the water and wash them in 2-3 exchanges of water.
4. Put them in a colander and allow them to drain excess water completely.
5. To make the batter - In a deep bowl, add besan flour, rice flour, salt, red chilli powder, turmeric, asafoetida, cooking soda, crushed garlic and ajwain seeds.
6. Gently, mix well.
7. Now gradually add enough water to make a batter.
8. At this stage, the consistency of the batter should be medium (not thick, thin or runny).
9. To Fry - Heat the oil in a kadai for deep frying over a moderate flame.
10. Once the oil is hot enough, take a tablespoon of oil and add to the batter.
11. Mix well.
12. Now, take a palak leaf and dip it in the batter.
13. Lift up and gently shake to remove the excess batter.
14. Now carefully, drop the palak leaves into the oil.
15. Fry the palak pakoda until crisp and golden brown. (Do not forget to flip both sides for even cooking).
16. Repeat the above steps (12 to 15) for the remaining palak leaves.
17. Remove the fried palak pakoda using a slotted spoon.
18. Drain the fried palak pakoda on kitchen paper towels to remove extra oil.
19. Crispy Palak Pakoda | Crispy Pasalai Keerai Bajji is ready.
You can serve this hot and crispy Palak Pakoda | Crispy Pasalai Keerai Bajji immediately. On rainy days, winter evenings, weekends, tea-time or for special guest arrivals anytime you can make this pakoda quickly and enjoy it with your favourite people.
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