Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Bread Palak Vada Recipe is a vegetarian Indian appetizer made with palak/spinach, bread crumbs, and ginger in about 25 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 15 minutes
  • Cook time: 10 minutes
  • Total time: 25 minutes
  • Yield: 2
  • Category: Appetizer
  • Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

  • 1.5 cups palak/spinach (finely chopped)
  • 1 cup bread crumbs (appx 3 bread slices)
  • 1/2 teaspoon ginger (finely chopped)
  • 2 green chilies (finely chopped)
  • few pudina/mint leaves (finely chopped)
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds/jeera
  • 1/2 teaspoon jeera powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon chat masala powder
  • 1/3 cup rice flour
  • 1/4 cup onion
  • few cashew nuts (chopped)
  • lemon juice
  • salt (to taste)
  • oil (for frying)

Method

  1. Grind the bread slices in a mixer grinder to make fresh bread crumbs.
  2. Finely chop spinach, mint, onion, ginger and green chillies.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, add all ingredients and mix well to make a soft dough.(add water as required)
  4. Make a small ball and gently press to flatten.
  5. Keep the oil in a deep frying pan. Make sure the oil hot for frying. Drop the mixture in oil in bunches.
  6. Stir them occasionally.
  7. Fry them till golden brown colour. (appx takes 7-8 minutes)
  8. Serve Bread Palak Vada with masala tea and ketchup.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.