Rice pakoda, a crispy deep-fried snack made with leftover rice. Leftover cooked rice is mixed with besan, onions and spices and deep-fried for a delicious snack.
Course Appetizer, Snack
Cuisine Indian
Keyword Deep fried, Evening snack, How to make pakoda, Leftover rice dishes, Leftover rice recipe, Tea time snack
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Servings 3
Calories
Ingredients
1cupleftover cooked rice
2-3tablespoonbesanchickpea flour
1no medium sized onionthinly sliced
1nogreen chilifinely chopped
small piece gingerminced
1tsp red chili and coriander powderi have equal amounts of chili and coriander powdered together
¼teaspooncumin seedsfreshly pounded
¼teaspoonajwain seedspounded
¼teaspoongaram masala
2-3tablespoonwater
¼cupfresh coriander leavesfinely chopped
¾teaspoonsalt or to taste
oil for deep frying
Instructions
In a wide bowl, take the leftover rice, add besan to this, add chopped onions, green chili, ginger, curry leaves and chopped coriander leaves. Mix this well.
Add the spice powders one by one, red chili and coriander powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder, ajwain powder and salt. Mix well together
Sprinkle 2-3 tablespoon of water to this and mix well to get a bindable mixture. When you press the mix, you should be able form a shape
Next step is frying, heat oil in a frying pan, when it is hot enough, pinch small balls out the rice mixture and drop it into the hot oil.
Deep fry them to golden brown and crisp. Drain on a paper towel. Serve it hot with a cup of hot chai.
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Notes
I have a equal amounts of red chilies and corinader measured and powdered together, i have used this powder to spice the pakora
You can use ½ teaspoon each of coriander and red chili powder in place of that.