Potato pakoras

These pakoras are not made with authentic ingredients but with accessible ingredients in Germany. We cooked this pakoras at an event within 30 minutes.

Usually pakoras are made with Besan (=split Bengal gram ) but these are made with wheat(slept flour) and the garbanzo (a kind of chick pea)flour.

There are various type of pakoras and they all come in different shapes and ingredients.

But if you like potato fritters these are one of them.

Ingredients for 6 small patties (=1/4 cup size each )

Or you can make 12 smaller nuggets.

150g peeled potatoes (mehlig/diced)

30g frozen peas (or canned lentils)

5g garlic and/ ginger

15g green onion

30ml peanut oil for frying

500ml water for boiling potatoes

1tsp salt for boiling potatoes

(A)1/2 tsp salt

(A)1/2 tsp turmeric powder

(A)1tsp gram masala (or other curry spices )

(A)2tbsp spelt flour

(A)1tbsp chick pea flour

STEP 1

Mix (A) ingredients all together in a bowl.

STEP 2

Chop garlic, ginger and onions in total of 20g (= 1/4 cup)

STEP 3

Add diced potatoes into 500ml water,add 1tsp satl.

Cook them for 10minutes.

STEP4

Add frozen peas and boil them for 2 minutes with the potatoes.

(So potatoes will be cooked 12minutes in total)

STEP 5

Strain water very well.

STEP 6

Mash potatoes (and peas if you would like).

STEP 7

Mix the mushed potatoes with the prepared flour.

At this point it weights 240g for 6 patties.

STEP 8

Divide the mashed potatoes into roughly 6 equal portions.

Refrigerate for about 5 minutes to make the next step easier.

If the shape is not stable enough they will dissolve in the oil so keep them cold long enough.

When the potatoes are cooler it's easy to form nuggets.(Use wet hands)

STEP　9

Warm 30g oil in a very small frying pan.

Fry one side for about 4-5minutes.

STEP 10

Fry the other sides for about 3 minutes until golden.

When entire nuggets are golden and crispy they are done:)

Serve with sauce of your choice or enjoy as is.