Bread Pakoda – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• Take besan into a bowl.
• Add rice flour, turmeric powder, red chili powder, ajwain, salt, and a pinch of baking soda.
• Do not add much soda.
• Mix well and add water.
• Make batter as we make for batata bhaji.
• It should not be too thin and have a little thicker consistency.
• Beat the batter really good for about 3-4 minutes.
• Add coriander leaves and mix well again.
• The batter for pakoda is already.
• Give it a standing time of about 15-20 minutes.
• Take bread slices and cut off its edges.
• You can keep the edges in batter and fry them. These pakodas also taste good.
• You can keep the edges if you don’ want to chop them off.
• Cut the bread across into triangular pieces.
• Heat up oil in a pan.
• Take the batter and mix it once.
• Dip the slice into the batter and coat it really good from both sides.
• Drop it into the hot oil.
• Fry for about 2 minutes and flip over.
• Fry from other side as well.
• Fry until pakoda becomes crunchy and get a nice golden color.
• Take pakodas out of oil, drain excess oil, and place them into a dish.
• Bread pakoda is already.
• You can serve bread pakoda with tamarind chutney or hot chutney.
• These taste well with tomato sauce too.