Pakoras-crispy vegetable bites

AUTHOR
Shirley Vincent
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 4
COOK TIME
90 mins
TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 5
  • 250 g Tomatoes, 1 apple
  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 100 ml Cider vinegar
  • 3 TABLESPOONS demerara sugar
  • 1-2 TABLESPOONS Lemon juice
  • 7-10 Tbsp Cayenne pepper, salt
  • 1 potty Peppermint
  • 500 g Whole milk yoghurt
  • 7-10 Tbsp ground cumin
  • 375 g Chickpea flour or wheat flour
  • 1 coated Tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 cauliflower
  • 2 (approx. 300 g) large carrots
  • 2 medium zucchini
  • 1 (approx. 300 g) Aubergine
  • 2 large onions
  • 400 g baby potatoes
  • 1 l oil for frying
  • 1 jar (200 g) Mango Chutney

Directions

  1. 1

    Tomato chutney: Scald tomatoes, skin them. Peel apple, ginger and garlic. Cut everything into small pieces, boil up with vinegar, sugar, lemon juice, 1 tsp. cayenne pepper and salt. Let it boil down in an open pot for about 20 minutes. Stir several times

  2. 2

    Yoghurt-mint sauce: Wash mint and chop finely. Mix with yoghurt. Season with salt and cumin

  3. 3

    Baking batter: Mix flour, baking powder, 1/2 - 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper and salt. Slowly stir in approx. 3/8 l water until a viscous dough is formed

  4. 4

    Clean and wash the vegetables and cut them into bite-sized pieces. Peel onions and potatoes and cut into slices. Heat oil in a deep fryer (180 °C) or a high pot. Use a fork to pull the vegetables through the dough in portions

  5. 5

    Fry in hot oil for 5-7 minutes until golden brown. Drain on kitchen paper and keep warm. Serve the pakoras with yoghurt mint sauce, tomato and mango chutney. Serve with wheat flat cakes (typical Indian: Chappaties) or flat bread

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
610 kcal
CARBS
86 g
FATS
24 g
PROTEINS
9 g

Categories & Tags

Snacks/PartyParty