Food-nepal.com - Appetizers - Vegetable Pakoda (Fired Vegetable Snacks)

1/2 cup Chickpea flour (Besan)
(Use Chickpea flour for Best Result, unless use all purpose flour)
2/3 cup water (add more as needed)
1/2 tsp. Baking powder
1/4 tsp. Red Chili powder
1/2 tsp Cumin Powder
1 small onion chopped
1 big potato
2 cups Oil
A few Spinach leaves
Salt to taste

Preparation

1	Beat Chickpea flour (Besan) in water until it becomes a thick batter.
2	Set it aside for about 15 minutes.
3	Add salt, cumin powder, chili powder and baking powder to the batter and beat the mixture again.
4	Slice onion and potatoes. Mix well. Add spinach leaves to mix.
5	Heat oil in skillet or Chinese wok on medium heat.
6	Dip the vegetables in the batter and deep fry till golden brown.
7	Serve hot with Chutney.

Number of Servings:

Vegetable Pakoda

One of all time favorite snack in Nepal is hot and crispy Pakoda. It
can be served with a hot cup of tea (chai) or just by itself. Pakoda is
fried vegetables coated with crispy batter. You can use any kind of
flour to make it but batter made out of Chickpea flour gives the best
taste. One can put any vegetable to make Pakoda.

Nutritional Analysis (Per Serving)

Calories		Calories from fat
Cholesterol		Fat

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