City chefs share with us some easy to prepare pakora recipes...

Pakora penchant!

Rains and pakoras go hand-in-hand. City chefs share with us some easy to prepare pakora recipes...

Shreya Badola

CORN FRITTER Chef Parimal Sawant, Senior Sous Chef, Renaissance Hotel Ingredients Corn (husk removed) 800g Butter 4g Cilantro 50 Jalepeno minced 50g Red pepper diced 100g Lime juice 20ml Onions chopped 50g Salt and pepper to taste Chickpea flour 50g Method Combine the mixture and let it stand for 10min. Sweat the shucked corn kernels and red onions in the butter until soft and fragrant. Do not overcook, so that the vegetables stay crispy. Combine the minced Jalepenos, red pepper dices and lime juice with the corn. Add some chick pea flour for binding. Shape the mixture into small balls, or shape into patties. For best results, deep fry in oil until golden brown. Serve with ketchup or a dip. CHEESE PAKORA Chef Mohammad Raza, Executive Chef, C'est la Vie and Vie Lounge Ingredients Cream cheese 85 g Cheddar cheese shredded 85g Fresh bread crumb 20g Salt and pepper to taste For crumbing Whole eggs 2 pcs Flour 50g Bread crumbs 75g Method Mix the cheese with white bread crumb, salt and pepper. Take a small portion of this mixture, place it in the middle of your palm and roll it into a ball. When you have the cheese balls ready, you can start crumbing it,rolling it first in flour and then putting it in beaten eggs and finally rolling it in bread crumbs. Fry the cheese balls in hot oil. Serve the cheese pakodas with sauce of your choice. STAR PAKORA Chef Satbir Bakshi, Senior Sous Chef, The Oberoi Ingredients Bread Slices 2 Paneer 1 slice Tomato 1 number Cheddar Cheese 1 slice Cucumber 1/4 Mint chutney 1 tbs Tomato ketchup 1 tbs Mayonnaise 2 tbs Gram Flour (besan) 50g A pinch of chilli powder, turmeric, ajwain and salt Method: Make a tomato and cheese sandwich, cut into star shape. Cut paneer into a star. Make pakoda batter with besan, ajwain, salt, turmeric, chilli powder and water. Dip the stars into the batter and deep fry. Mix tomato ketchup with mayonnaise to make tomato mayonnaise. Serve the pakodas with mint chutney and tomato mayonnaise, cucumber and lemon.