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Recipe for Veggie Pakora with sweet potato and broccoli, served with a homemade Cilantro Coconut Sauce. Vegan and gluten-free. YUMMY!
I just love Indian food… everything from creamy curries to garlic naan, chapati, basmati rice, papadum to pakoras. Yes, pakoras, awesome chickpea battered fried veggies.I haven’t had restaurant veggie pakora in such a long time, so I decided to make them at home.
Usually, I avoid making fried foods at home but for these Veggie Pakoras, I had to make an exception. I tried a baked version once, but it wasn’t like the real deal at all and they couldn’t satisfy my pakora cravings.
These fried Veggie Pakoraare crunchy and flavorful (and naturally vegan and gluten-free). I served them with a homemade finger-licking-good Cilantro Coconut Sauce and with additional chopped fresh cilantro on top. It’s the perfect appetizer or snack!
The Veggies For Pakoras
You can use pretty much any veggies you like for pakora, but I used boiled sweet potato cubes, steamed broccoli, finely chopped spring onions and red onion. I really loved thatcombination and the sweetness of the sweet potato was amazing with the savory chickpea batter. I steamed the broccoli florets in a strainer inthe pot where I boiled the sweet potatoes,so that’s a win-win situation right here.
The Batter
The chickpea batter is really easy to make.Sift the chickpea flour, add the spices, give it a quick whisk, slowly add in the water and whisk it until it’s a creamy batter. Toss in the veggies, give it a good mix and placespoon-sized bites of the veggie-chickpea-mix into the oil. Take them out once they got a nice golden color and are crunchy on the outside.
Veggie Pakora with Sweet Potato and Broccoli (vegan & gluten-free)
Elephantastic Vegan
This recipe for Veggie Pakora uses sweet potato, broccoli, red onion and spring onions for the filling. Served with a homemade Cilantro Coconut Sauce, it is the perfect appetizer or snack! Naturally vegan and gluten-free.
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Prep Time 25 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Total Time 45 minutes mins
Course Appetizer, Snack
Cuisine Fusion, Indian, Vegan
Servings 20
Calories 90 kcal
Ingredients
Ingredients for the Veggie Pakora
- 1 cup chickpea flour , sifted
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 teaspoon kala namak
- 1 teaspoon garam masala
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 1 sweet potato
- 1 cup broccoli florets
- 1 red onion
- 2 spring onions
- frying oil
Ingredients for the Cilantro Coconut Sauce
- 1/2 can full-fat coconut milk
- 2/3 cup sunflower seeds
- lemon juice from 1 lemon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt + more to taste
- 1/2 cup fresh cilantro + more cilantro to garnish
- 1/4 cup water
Instructions
Instructions for the Cilantro Coconut Sauce
Add all the ingredients for the sauce in a high-speed blender and blend until completely smooth. If you want the sauce to be thinner, you can always add more water.
Instructions for the Veggie Pakora
Peel and dice the sweet potato and boil it until soft, meanwhile steam the broccoli florets.
Once the broccoli is softer, cut it even smaller. Peel and dice the red onion and cut the spring onion thinly.
Mix the sifted chickpea flour, kala namak, garam masala and curry powder and slowly add the water. Whisk until it's a smooth batter.
Add all the veggies in the chickpea batter and give it a good mix.
In a small pot heat up the frying oil. Use a spoon to carefully load portions of the vegetable-batter-mix into the hot frying oil and fry them in there until the pakora is crisp and golden brown. Place them on a kitchen towel to remove excess oil.
Once all the pakoras are ready, drizzle them with the Cilantro Coconut Sauce and with fresh cilantro if you want to. Enjoy!
Notes
Note: Strain the frying oil and save it for future uses.
Nutrition
Serving: 1pakoraCalories: 90kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 2gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 3gSodium: 186mgPotassium: 150mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 990IUVitamin C: 5.1mgCalcium: 14mgIron: 1mg
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