Recipe: Pakora (Bora in Manipuri)

Yummy Veg Pakora's

Pakora happens to be one of my all my fav. Indian snacks,I like spring onion, cauliflower,potato, brinjal,pumpkin and banaflower pakora's.Pakora's are best to have when it rains with a large mug of hot black tea and you sitting in ur balcony... windows wide open and letting the wind blow some water droplets on you. Now the recipe.

Ingredients:
1.1 cup of Besan (chickpea flour or Bengal gram flour).
2.Depending on your fav. vegetable cut in small pieces. (If you are using potato make it either round slice but not too thick or cut in pieces double the thickness of french fries . Cauliflower can be cut into medium size flowerlets and spring onion into two piece, onions can be cut into rings or chopped into small pieces)
3.1/3 cup of Rice Flour (Optional)
4.2 pinch of Baking Powder and NOT BACKING SODA.
5.Turmeric powder.
6.1 tbsp of Amchur Powder (Dry mango powder (optional).
7. Salt to taste
8. Water
9. Vegetable oil.

Method:
1. Make a batter mixing water, besan, rice flour, salt, turmeric,baking soda and amchur powder. Ensure the batter is not too thick or too thin.
2. Leave it for 15/20 mins.
3. Add the vegetable and cover its well with the batter.
4. Heat oil in a thick non stick frying pan.
5. Drop the single piece of vegetable in the hot oil and fry till light golden brown.
6. To sock the excess oil, put all the cooked pakora on a paper towel/tissue paper.
7. Have the pakora's with spicy tomato sauce and a large mug of hot Assam tea.

....................................ENJOY...........................................