Bread pakora

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Bread Pakoda
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Bread Pakoda with Ketchup
Course Snack
Place of originFlag of India.svg  India
Associated cuisine India
Serving temperatureHot or warm
Main ingredients bread slices, gram flour, mashed potato & Indian spices

Bread pakora is an Indian fried snack ( pakora or fritter). It is also known as bread bhaji (or bajji). A common street food, it is made from bread slices, gram flour, and spices among other ingredients. [1] [2]

Contents

The snack is prepared by dipping triangular bread slices in a spicy gram flour batter and frying them. [3] Stuffing such as mashed potatoes is common. [4] [5] It can be deep-fried or pan-fried, and is served with chutneys or ketchup. [6]

Etymology

The word pakoṛā is derived from Sanskrit पक्ववट pakvavaṭa, [7] a compound of pakva ('cooked') and vaṭa ('a small lump') or its derivative vaṭaka, 'a round cake made of pulse fried in oil or ghee'. [8] The word Bhajji is derived from the Sanskrit word Bharjita meaning fried. [9]

Preparation

Bread pakora is made by frying a slice of bread dipped in a spiced gram flour batter. It is often served with chutney, like tamarind or cilantro-lime. [2] [10]

Variation

One variation of bread pakora is adding mashed potatoes to create a sandwich with two slices of bread and then frying it. [2] [10]

See also

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