Aloo pakoda recipe - How to make potato pakoda

Aloo pakoda recipe - Potato pakoda with dosa batter and gram flour is another delicious dish that I make often whenever I have dosa or idli batter in stock in my fridge. The potato pakoda is usually prepared with besan or gram flour. But, this pakoda has a twist with dosa batter and it is more on the softer side rather than crispy as I had used fermented batter. Adding besan is totally optional, but it provides good binding and frying becomes very easy and pakoda doesn't stick in the bottom.

Aloo Pakoda Recipe

Prep time : 10 mins
Cook time : 15 mins
Total time : 25 mins
Recipe type : Snack - Pakoda
Cuisine : Indian
Yield : Serves 2
Author : Vidya Chandrahas

Ingredients

• 2 large sized potatoes
• 1/2 cup dosa batter
• 1/2 cup gram flour / besan/ kadle hittu
• 1 tsp chilli powder
• A pinch of carom seeds
• 1/2 tsp garlic paste
• 1/2 tsp salt
• Oil for deep frying

Method

1. In a large bowl, put the besan, ajwain, chilli powder and salt. Mix till all the ingredients combine well. 
2. Add the dosa batter, garlic paste and salt. Mix well to combine and make a thick batter.
3. Wash and peel the potatoes and cut them into thick and round slices. Dip these potato slices into batter and make sure to coat the batter evenly from all sides.
4. Then,  heat oil in a frying pan and deep fry the potatoes till golden brown from all sides. Serve hot.
5. deep fried for batata pakoda

Aloo pakoda - step by step pictures

1.  In a large bowl, put the besan, ajwain, chilli powder and salt. Mix till all the ingredients combine well. 

2.  Add the dosa batter, garlic paste and salt. Mix well to combine and make a thick batter.

3.  Wash and peel the potatoes and cut them into thick and round slices. Dip these potato slices into batter and make sure to coat the batter evenly from all sides.

4.  Then,  heat oil in a frying pan and deep fry the potatoes till golden brown from all sides. Serve hot.