Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Summery Pakoray (Fritters)

So, like a true desi I love pakorey! For any non-Pakistani/Indian readers, a pakora is a fritter, just like little fried dumplings. Pakorey are mostly rainy day or winter comfort food items (with the exception of Ramadan) but these pakorey are a bit different as they are not traditional in any way. They are also the only pakorey that I've had that taste good cold and so you don't have to serve them right away.

Ingredients:
Oil for deep frying
2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup cornstarch
1.5 tsp baking powder
half a head of cabbage shredded
shredded carrots (equivalent to the amount of cabbage)
one bunch green onions, chopped
salt
black pepper (use liberally)
1.5 tsp ground mustard
2 eggs
Heat oil. Combine your dry ingredients well. Add cabbage, carrots and green onions. Gradually add water to make a thick batter. Drop into oil using either an ice cream scoop or heaped tablespoons (it really depends on whether you like your pakorey to be large or small). Fry to a golden brown (this will take longer than traditional pakoray mostly because it is made with flour/cornstarch rather than gram flour). Enjoy!
These are the perfect summer pakorey and if you want kind of a preview in terms of taste profile, my husband said it best when he described it as a "spring roll in pakora form".

3 comments:

  1. Even the Chinese loved em !

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  2. Oh and just a tip on how to eat them, you should really try them with roti and green chutney. It tastes amazinggggggg. It's super delicious and we eat it for dinner a lot haha.

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