Bread pakoda in air fryer
Bread Pakoda or bread fritters is a famous Indian Street food made with stuffed bread coated with spiced gram flour batter and then deep fried.
Equipment
- Air Fryer
Ingredients
FOR STUFFING
- 3 medium boiled potatoes
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 2 green chilies (finely chopped)
- 1 tsp ginger (crushed)
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- 1/2 tsp coriander powder
- Red chilli powder to taste
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp coriander leaves (roughly chopped)
FOR BATTER
- 1 Cup besan/gram flour roasted, if making pakoda in air fryer
- 1 tsp ajwain/carom seeds
- 1/8 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tbsp coriander leaves roughly chopped
- Water as required
ADDITIONAL INGREDIENT
- Bread slices as required
- Oil for greasing
Instructions
MAKING OF STUFFING
- Take potatoes in a bowl and mash them.
- Add rest of the ingredients i.e. cumin seeds, green chilies, ginger, garam masala, coriander powder, red chilli powder, salt and coriander leaves. Mix well.
MAKING OF BATTER
- Take gram flour in separate bowl and add carom seeds, turmeric and coriander leaves. Mix.
- Add water little by little to make a batter. Batter needs to be slightly thin if cooking in air fryer otherwise keep it thick if deep frying.
MAKING OF PAKODA
- Cut bread slices into halves giving them a diagonal shape.
- Place potato stuffing on a bread and place another slice of bread making it a sandwich.
- Dip the sandwich in batter from both the sides.
- Arrange aluminium foil (with holes) in an air fryer basket and grease it with oil.
- Place bread slices in the basket.
- Air fry @180°C for 15-20 minutes. Do turn the sides during the half time.