Palak Pakora recipe( How to make spinach leaf fritters).

Spinach fritters recipe, How to make spinach fritters. Palak pakora recipe.

Spinach fritters or pakoras are crispy and golden easy to make and kids love them. In this recipe spinach leaf is dipped in spiced gram flour batter and then fried till golden brown. You can serve it with tomato sauce for kids and with Indian masala chai for adults with Aloo pakora.

Ingredients 

1 Spinach leaves ( Palak patta) 250 gm

2 Gram flour ( Beasan) 150 gm

3 Red chili powder ( Laal mirch powder) 1/2 teaspoon

4 Carom seeds ( Ajwain) 1/2 teaspoon

5 Salt as per your requirements

6 Oil for frying

7 Water 150 ml.

Recipe

1 Wash spinach leaves and pat dry all the leaves so that not a single water drop is present on them. 

2 Cut any extra stem with the leaves.

3 Mix gram flour chili carom seeds and salt, add water to make a thin paste. It should not be too thick and should form a thin layer on spinach leaves.

4 Heat oil in a frying pan till medium hot.

5 Dip each leaf in the batter and fry till the spinach fritters are golden brown and crisp. This will take only half a minute so make sure to remove pakora before burning. 

6 Fry all the leaves in this manner and dry them on paper towels.

7 Serve the hot spinach fritters with Indian masala chai. 

Precautions

1 Make sure spinach leaves are totally dry as water from spinach will be added in the batter.

2 Batter should not be too thick, make it a bit runny. This will make the leaves crisp without the need of baking soda.