Bread Pakora

Bread Pakoda / Bread Pakkoda / Bread Bajji

Ingredients:

·        Gram flour (Kadalai maavu / besan): 1 cup

·        Bread slices: 8

·        Asafetida (Perungayam / hing): ¼ tsp

·        Baking powder: ¼ tsp

·        Thymol seeds (Omam/ajwain/ajowan/Trachyspermum copticum): ½ tsp

·        Potatoes: 2

·        Ginger: ½ inch piece

·        Garlic: 2 pods

·        Edible oil: 1 cup

·        Garam masala powder: ¼ tsp

·        Turmeric powder: ½ tsp

·        Mustard: ½ tsp

·        Onion: 1

·        Red chili powder: ½ tsp

·        Salt to taste

Method of preparation:

·        Grind the ginger and garlic together into a paste.

·        Chop the onion.

·        Mix the gram flour, thymol seeds (ajwain), asafetida, baking powder and salt in a bowl.

·        Add water gradually and mix well to obtain a smooth and thick batter.

·        Boil, peel and mash the potatoes.

·        Heat two tsp of oil in a frying pan.

·        Add mustard seeds.

·        When the mustard seeds start spluttering, add chopped onion and fry till the onions turn brown.

·        Add ginger-garlic paste and fry for a while.

·        Add turmeric powder, red chili powder and salt.

·        Mix and fry for a very short time.

·        Add the mashed potatoes and garam masala powder, mix and fry for a minute.

·        Remove this filling for bread pakora from flame and transfer it to a bowl.

·        Cut each bread slice diagonally, to get triangle pieces.

·        Make a sandwich by spreading the filling between two triangular bread pieces.

·        Repeat this for all bread pieces.

·        Heat oil in a deep frying pan.

·        Dip the above prepared sandwiches one after the other in the batter and put in hot oil.

·        Deep fry on medium heat.

·        Remove from oil and place them on a plate covered by a blotting paper (Paper to remove excessive oil).

Serve hot with tomato sauce, green chili chutney, or pickle.