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XXL Vegetable Pakoras With Mint Sauce

These vegetale pakoras are a very good appetizer or entrée. They are large, crunchy, fried, vegan, and gluten-free. They are served with homemade mint sauce.
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Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: appetizer, deep-fried, easy, entrée, fried, Indian, onion
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 6 pieces
Calories: 191.8kcal

Equipment

  • Blender or Food processor

Ingredients

  • 1 cup chickpea flour or other gluten-free flour
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp sweet paprika
  • 1 tsp ground turmeric
  • 1/2 tsp ground chilli
  • 1 medium onion sliced
  • 4 medium potatoes peeled and grated
  • 1 cup green beans
  • 1/2 cup peas
  • 1 cup water
  • salt, pepper
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • chopped fresh coriander leaves for garnish

Mint sauce

  • 1/2 cup fresh mint leaves chopped
  • 1 tbsp garlic paste1)
  • 1 cup dairy-free yoghurt for example Greek style
  • salt
  • green chilli pepper sliced, for garnish

Instructions

  • In a large bowl, add chickpea flour, ground cumin, ground coriander, sweet paprika, ground turmeric, and ground chilli. Combine them together.
  • In the same bowl, add grated potatoes, sliced onion, green beans, and peas. Fold and mix everything together. Depending on how dry the batter is, add some water until the batter holds together enough to make fritters - pakoras. You might use about 1 cup of water until you reach your desired consistency.
  • Depending on your taste, add salt and pepper. With your hands, start making pakoras about the size of your palm. Don't make them too thick or it will become too hard to fry them.
  • In a frying pan heat up 1 tbsp vegetable oil and place your pakoras on the hot pan. Fry them from each side until they turn golden or light brown. Fry your pakoras rather slower on a lower heat than fast.
  • Garnish h the pakoras with chopped fresh coriander leaves and serve with mint sauce.

To make the mint sauce:

  • Place all the ingredients for the mint sauce in a blender or a food processor and blend until the mint is broken into small pieces.

Notes

1)Garlic paste can be replaced with 2 cloves garlic.

Nutrition

Serving: 1piece | Sodium: 71.7mg | Calcium: 127.8mg | Vitamin C: 6.1mg | Vitamin A: 3971.7IU | Sugar: 7.9g | Fiber: 4.5g | Potassium: 429.6mg | Cholesterol: 8.6mg | Calories: 191.8kcal | Trans Fat: 0.07g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.6g | Saturated Fat: 2.3g | Fat: 8.1g | Protein: 7.8g | Carbohydrates: 18.5g | Iron: 2.1mg