Vegetable Pakoda | South Indian Snacks

Vegetable pakoda is an instant easy snack prepared with easily available ingredients in home. This pakoda will be very crisp and can also be served as an appetizer | starter. All purpose flour can be replaced with wheat flour also. My mom prepares this pakoda using whole wheat flour. A perfect evening snacks to enjoy with hot tea. Please check below for step by step instructions and pictures for preparing South Indian snacks Vegetable Pakoda.




Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Yields: 3 Servings

Ingredients:

Oil	For Deep Frying
All purpose flour | Maida or  Whole wheat flour	1/4 Cup
Ginger garlic paste	1 tsp
Turmeric powder	1/4 tsp
Coriander powder	1 tsp
Chilli powder	1.5 tsp
Salt	As needed
Onions finely chopped	1/4 Cup
Carrots finely chopped	1/4 Cup
Cabbage finely chopped	1/4 Cup
Coriander leaves chopped	2 stalks

Instructions:

• Mix all purpose flour, ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, coriander powder, chilli powder, salt, onions, carrots, cabbage and coriander leaves along with batter into a thick dough.

•  Heat oil for deep frying. Drop small pieces of dough into oil.

• Fry till pakoda turns golden colour and ssh sound reduces. Remove the excess oil by transferring pakoda to paper towel.

 Vegetable Pakoda

Tips:
Fry pakoda's in medium flame. don't use high flame.
To check whether oil is hot, drop a small dough in oil. If it bubbles up, then oil is hot. If the dough stays at bottom, then oil is not enough hot. 
Adjust chilli powder to your taste.
Finely  chopped green chillies can also be added to the dough.
Make a thick dough. Don't add more water. Addin more water will lead to absorption of more oil while frying and pakoda won't be crisp also.