Veg Pakora Recipe / Crispy Pakora Using Mixed Veggies / Restaurant Style Pakora Recipe

Lets see How to make Restaurant Style Crispy Pakora/ Veg Pakora Recipe. Onion or Vegetable Pakora is most commonly served starter in all the Indian Restaurants here. This is North Indian style pakora and entirely different from the South Indian Onion Pakoda recipe. I learnt this recipe from my neighbor Aunt. I have already shared this recipe along with Punjabi Kadi Pakora recipe. I wanted to have this pakora as a detailed separate post and  the recipe as follows..

These pakoras are super crispy on the outside and soft inside and tastes amazing with some spicy Green Chutney or even best with simple Tomato Ketchup. Instead of onions I used mixed vegetables whichever available at home. My neighbor Aunt makes this Pakora with cauliflower & Broccoli also. Today, I used Onions, Potato, Capsicum/Green Pepper & Cabbage. You can make this Starter in no time, just chop veggies thinly and mix them with besan flour & spices to a loose batter and deep fry them.

Crispy Veg Pakora Recipe

Prep Time : 10-15 Minutes | Cook Time : 20 Minutes

Recipe Category : Starter/Snack | Makes : 16-18 Pakoras

Ingredients

1. Besan Flour/KadalaMaavu  1 cup
2. Onion  1 cup(thinly sliced)
3. Potato  1/2 cup(thinly cut strips)
4. Capsicum 1/4 cup(thinly sliced)
5. Cabbage  1/3 cup(sliced)
6. Green Chilli  1 tsp(finely chopped)
7. Cilantro  2 Tbsp(finely chopped)
8. Turmeric Powder  1/4 tsp
9. Hing/Perungayam  1/4 tsp
10. Chilli Powder  1 and 1/2 tsp
11. Curd/Plain Yogurt  1 and 1/2 tsp
12. Salt  to taste
13. Oil  as needed to Deep fry

Notes:

You can also make this as a plain Onion Pakora too, if so replace the measurement of other vegetables to onions. But this tastes great with mixed veggies especially with some potatoes and capsicum.

You can also add 1/4 tsp Ajwain seeds/Omam along with Jeera.

No need to add baking soda, curd makes this pakora soft and crispy as well without hard and dry pakora.

Oil needs to be hot before you add the batter, and while cooking fry in medium high heat.

The consistency of the pakora mix should be loose and not thick like Bonda mix. checkout the video.

Method

• Chop/Slice the veggies in Chopper or by hand and keep ready.
• In a mixing bowl, add onion, potato, capsicum, cabbage, green chilli, cilantro, jeera, hing, turmeric powder, chilli powder, salt, curd and mix everything well.
• Now to this add 1 cup besan flour and mix well and using water(100ml approximately)mix it to a loose batter(the water quantity is based on the flour quality and vegetables you use, so add it accordingly, the batter should be loose and not thick liked Bonda mix).
• Once the pakora mix is ready, heat oil in a kadai to deep fry the pakora.
• When the oil is hot, turn the heat to medium high and drop small portions of veg pakora batter directly into the oil or using spoon drop them in the hot oil.
• After a minute, flip them pakoras other using using skewer or slotted spatula.
• Then let it cook on both sides until the pakoras are crisp and golden brown.
• Once done, remove them from oil using a slotted laddle and drain it in the paper towel.
• Allow the oil to heat for few seconds before adding the second batch.
• Repeat the same process until all the pakora mix are done.
• That's it..Crispy and Tasty Veg Pakora ready serve hot with Green Chutney(i mixed green chutney with some curd) or Tomato Ketchup.