Aloo Pakora Chaat

Serves 6

Preparation 0:10 mins

Cooking 0:15 mins

Aloo Pakora Chaat recipe is a common snack for iftar times but did you ever experience Aloo Pakora Chaat? If not then you must try this easy and delicious taste of homemade Aloo Pakora Chaat recipe and give your comments. With its origins in Uttar Pradesh, India, Aloo Pakora Chaat recipe has become immensely popular in the rest of the Asian subcontinent.The chaat variants are all based on fried dough, with various other ingredients. The original chaat is a mixture of potato pieces;it can be served as a snack, a side dish or a light meal. It is made from boiled and fried cubed potatoes served with chat masala. It is a versatile dish that has many regional variations.It is made from boiled and fried cubed potatoes served with chat masala.
Whether its summer, winter or when it rains, Pakistani people are sure to enjoy this delicious and healthy snack. Aloo Pakora Chaat recipe can even be best served with masala tea for lunch or even as a starter for a fancy dinner. Now, potato Pakora is one of the most common side dish served with ketchup during Ramadan but it’s finally time to set the usual tradition aside and enlighten your family with a burst of new taste with the same old recipe along with a twist. The reason it is one of the most common and loved dish during Ramadan is that the ingredients can be found in every house without much trouble.
Foodies can also add ajwain (carom seeds) to the batter because sometimes Besan and potato are heavier to digest, which is why ajwain (carom seeds) help in easy digestion. A crispy golden yellow mouthwatering aloo Pakora chaat recipe along with hot masala chai or yogurt is a stealer. Enjoy it with your spouse or with a group of friends. Either way, the aroma of the fried potatoes makes the get-together quite interesting.

Ingredients

• Besan (gram flour/chickpea flour) - 1 cup
• Potato - 2 medium size (sliced thin)
• Chopped Onion - 1 cup thinly chopped
• Chopped Tomato - 1/4 cup
• Cilantro - 1 tablespoon
• Green chillies - 1 finely chopped (optional)
• Red chilly powder - 1/2 teaspoon (according to spice level)
• Lemon juice - 1 tablespoon
• Chaat masala - 1/2 teaspoon
• Salt to taste - 1/2 teaspoon

How to make Aloo Pakora Chaat

Method

1- Preparing the batter to dip potato slices:
• Besan (gram flour) - 1 cup
• Red chilly power - 1/2 teaspoon.
• Salt according to taste - approximately - 1/2 teaspoon.
• Water little less than 1/2 cup approximately.
2- Mix them in a wide bowl, vegetables are easy to dip.
3- Prepare medium thick batter consistency slowly adding water to it.
4- Take 3 cups of oil in a deep bottomed skillet. Heat the oil on medium-high. Dip the potato slice one at a time in the batter so that potato slices are well coated with the batter.
5- Gently drop them in the skillet and deep fry until golden.
6- Remove them on to a paper towel covered plate to soak the excess oil and let it cool a minute or two.
7- Take the chopped onions, tomatoes, cilantro, green chillies (optional) to the cut bite size pakoras and mix all of them in a bowl.
8- After mixing all of the above in the bowl, garnish the pakora chaat with lemon juice, red chilli powder (according to spice level), 1/2 teaspoon chaat masala. and a little salt to taste.

Posted By: Saad Mehmood, Islamabad

Stuffed Mirch Pakora

Stuffed Mirch Pakora recipe is a mix of spices blended together in gram flour that is a popular snack in the Indian subcontinent. It is also a very popular Asian cuisine that is divided and presented differently in many countries of the subcontinent. Mirch Pakora recipe is very crisp on the outside and medium soft to a juicy crisp on the inside, accompanied by a highly spicy flavor. There are many varieties of pakoras that are softer overall and are termed as Maida Pakora in many cultural restaurants; some are even made with other ingredients such as potatoes. Stuffed Mirch Pakora recipe is a deliciously spicy treat prepared from fresh chilies, combined with gram flour and a few other spices that give the spicy snack more flavor and nutritional values. The main objective of adding in other spices is to add more dimension to its flavor which will help it to bring down strong aroma of the Mirch Pakora recipe and make it more presentable as a mid-day snack. Especially if the maker is expecting guests or just want to add a twist with some tempting snacks like pav, classic bread and dips like coconut chutney. It is famous for tasting amazing with Mumbai cutting chai.
Stuffed Mirch Pakora Recipe can be easily prepared within just 10 minutes. To prepare the snack, take one cup gram flour, 1/2 teaspoon carom seeds (ajwain), 1/4 tablespoon chili powder, 1/4 tablespoon turmeric powder (haldi), 1/4 garam masala powder, 1 pinch of asafetida, 1 pinch of baking soda, salt as required by taste and water as required to make it a thick paste. After that, make a thick paste out of all the ingredients placed above and mix well into a thick paste. This will be used to coat the green chilies. Then, slit the green chili from the middle or one side, only slit as much to not break the chilies. Additionally, with a spoon scoop out the seeds and pith then coat the chili piece with the batter thoroughly twice or more properly. In a frying pan, pour oil and let it heat up until the required temperature. Once it’s done heating, carefully place all the chilies in the heated oil to fry until they are crisp brown. Now, serve with pav, bread or as a side dish for your family to enjoy. It is also amazing to eat during the monsoon season or rainy season.

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dahi chana chaat is the simplest dish which is made on each gathering I additionally should made this dish on birthday and other aftari parties

Tahira khurram,

You should provide aloo pakora chaat both in Urdu and English for all kinds of readers. People who live in Pakistan might have difficulty in reading and understanding English. Whereas people living outside Pakistan might get difficulty in reading Urdu, so provide all iftar items in both languages.

Shazia, Karachi

Really zabardast....

Mehar, Karachi

very nice recipe i like it hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

amna, saudia arabia (jeddah)