Indian Cookery Lessons

Chicken Pakora

This is a spicy fried dish that can be eaten as a starter or as a main dish. Especially good on a rainy day with a hot

cup of tea or chai!

Serves 6:

Preparation Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

Method:

Mix corn flour, egg, salt, soya sauce (2 tablespoon) and chillie sauce in a large bowl. Using a whisk, mix gradually
to get a smooth batter with no lumps or air bubbles.

Heat oil on very high heat. When oil is really hot, reduce heat to medium and start adding the chicken cubes, coated
in batter, in the oil.

Add them one by one to avoid sticking to each other. Leave enough space to turn the chicken pakoras.

Remove them from the oil when they are light golden in colour; spread on a kitchen tissue to absorb the excess oil.

Put all the pakoras in a large serving bowl (like a salad bowl); add the remaining chillie sauce, finely chopped chillies,
chopped onions, coriander, soya sauce and mix well. Eat while still hot.

Variation:

You can use plain flour or gram flour (gluten free) instead of corn flour. You can substitute the chicken with lamb

or vegetables like potato, cauliflower, onions.

Tips:

Use any left over chicken pakoras to make a curry. The

chicken

curry or lamb curry recipe can be used; simply add

the pakoras in the gravy instead!