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Stuffed Bread pakoda in air fryer

Bread pakoda in air fryer

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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.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Appetizer, Street Food
Cuisine Indian
Servings 8 Pakodas

Equipment

  • Air Fryer

Ingredients
  

FOR POUNDED MASALA

  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp coriander seeds
  • 1 tsp fennel seeds
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper corns

FOR STUFFING

  • 3 boiled potatoes
  • 2 green chilies (finely chopped)
  • 1 tsp ginger (grated)
  • 2 tbsp cashews (optional)
  • 2 tbsp raisins (optional)
  • 1 tsp garam masala
  • Pinch of hing/asafoetida
  • Red chilli powder to taste
  • 1 tbsp dry mango powder
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 tbsp coriander leaves (roughly chopped)
  • 1 tbsp oil

FOR BATTER

  • 1 cup besan/gram flour
  • 3 tbsp rice flour (optional)
  • 1 tsp ajwain/carom seeds
  • 1/8 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • pinch of baking soda
  • Water as required
  • 2 tbsp oil

ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS

Instructions
 

PREPARATION OF POUNDED MASALA

  • Add cumin seeds, coriander seeds, fennel seeds & black pepper corns in a mortar.
  • Crush them coarsely. You can do this process in the grinder jar as well.

MAKING OF STUFFING

  • Add oil in a pan.
  • Add ginger, green chilies and cashews.
  • Roast till ginger turns slightly brown.
  • Add pounded masala and roast for couple of seconds.
  • Add hing, red chilli powder, garam masala and raisins.
  • Roast for couple of seconds till raisins puff up.
  • Add boiled and mashed potatoes.
  • Add salt, coriander leaves and dry mango powder.
  • Roast potatoes for 5-6 minutes.

MAKING OF BATTER

  • Take gram flour in a pan and dry roast for 5-6 minutes. This step needs to be done in case of cooking bread pakoda in air fryer only and not in case of deep frying.
  • Take the besan out in a bowl.
  • Add rice flour, carom seeds, turmeric powder, salt, baking soda and oil.
  • 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

  • Take 2 slices of bread and spread green chutney on one side of both the slices. However you can skip this step if don't have green chutney.
  • Spread potato stuffing on one slice of bread.
  • Place another slice of bread, facing chutney side to stuffing, making it a sandwich.
  • Cut bread slices into halves giving them a diagonal shape. Keep aside.
  • Before going further, prepare the air fryer basket by arranging butter paper (with holes done with toothpick) in an air fryer basket and grease it with oil.
  • Now dip the sandwich in batter from both the sides.
  • Drip off the excess batter.
  • Place bread slices in the basket.
  • Air fry @180°C for 10-22 minutes. Our bread was done this way. If you feel that the other side of your bread wasn't cooked properly, you can turn the side of bread pieces and air fry for more minutes.
  • Stuffed bread pakoda is ready. Enjoy with green chutney or tomato ketchup or any dip of your choice.
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