Pumpkin Pakora Recipe (Kaddu Pakoda)

Ingredients

• 1 cup grated red pumpkin (bhopla/ kaddu)
• 1/2 cup besan (gram flour)
• 1 tbsp rice flour (chawal ka atta)
• 1 tbsp finely chopped coriander (dhania)
• 1 tsp finely chopped green chillies
• 1/4 tsp carom seeds (ajwain)
• 1/4 tsp red chilli powder
• 1/2 tsp ginger-garlic (adrak-lehsun) paste
• salt (namak) to taste
• oil for deep-frying
• 1/2 tsp chaat masala for sprinkling
• tomato ketchup

Steps

1. To make pumpkin pakoras, combine all the ingredients in a deep bowl and mix very well using your hands.
2. Heat the oil in a deep non-stick pan, drop spoonful of the mixture using your fingers and deep-fry a few pakoras at a time on a medium flame till they turn golden brown in colour from all the sides. Drain on an absorbent paper.
3. Sprinkle chaat masala evenly over the pumpkin pakoras and toss gently.
4. Serve the pumpkin pakoras immediately with tomato ketchup.