Chicken pakoras

Make a batch of these crispy golden pakoras as a snack, or part of an Indian meal. Serve hot with sweet chilli sauce or green chutney

Prep:20 mins
Cook:30 mins

Easy

Nutrition per serving

kcal 426
fat 17g
saturates 1g
carbs 24g
sugars 0g
fibre 3g
protein 43g
salt 1.5g

Ingredients

700g boneless chicken, cut into bite-sized pieces
2 tbsp cornflour
50g rice flour
40g gram flour, sieved
3 dried chillies, crushed or 3 green chillies, finely chopped
½ tsp chilli powder
½ tsp curry powder
½ tsp ground coriander
½ tsp cumin
2 small onions, chopped
small bunch of coriander, finely chopped
vegetable oil, for deep-frying
sweet chilli sauce or green chutney, to serve

Method

Put the chicken in a large bowl, then use your hands to coat the pieces in the cornflour. Mix in the rice flour, followed by the gram flour. Add the chillies, spices, onion, coriander and 1 tsp salt. Mix well with your hands.
Gradually add around 150ml water until the ingredients have become moist and ever-so-slightly wet. You may not need all the water (adding too much will stop the pakora mixture binding).
Fill a deep pan no more than a third full with vegetable oil and heat to 180C. Squeeze a small amount of the pakora mixture together before carefully lowering into the hot oil with a spoon. Fry for 8-10 mins, turning regularly, until cooked through and browned all over. Set aside on a plate lined with kitchen paper while you repeat with the remaining mixture, frying in small batches. Serve hot with a sweet chilli sauce or green chutney.

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