easy poha pakoda recipe | poha pakora recipe | easy & crisp veg snack
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 20 pakoda
- Category: Snack
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 1 cup poha / aval / avalakki / flattened rice (thin)
- ½ onion (finely chopped)
- 1 potato / aloo (boiled & cube)
- ½ tsp ginger paste
- 2 chilli (finely chopped)
- 2 tbsp coriander (finely chopped)
- few curry leaves (chopped)
- ¼ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
- ¼ tsp ajwain / carom seeds
- ½ tsp aamchur / dry mango powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp peanuts (roasted & crushed)
- 3 tbsp besan / gram flour
- oil for deep frying
Method
- firstly, wash 1 cup thin poha with enough water. do not soak thin poha, just rinse in water.
- drain off the water and rest poha for 15 minutes so that water is dropped down completely.
- now transfer the washed poha into a large mixing bowl.
- also add ½ onion, 1 boiled potato, ½ tsp ginger paste, 2 chilli, 2 tbsp coriander and few curry leaves.
- additionally add ¼ tsp chilli powder, ¼ tsp ajwain, ½ tsp aamchur and ½ tsp salt.
- further, add 2 tbsp peanuts and 3 tbsp besan.
- mix well by mashing potato.
- also, add more besan if required to form a dough.
- now grease hand with oil and prepare small ball sized.
- deep fry in hot oil stirring occasionally.
- fry until the pakora turns golden and crisp.
- finally, enjoy poha pakoda with tomato sauce.
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.