Oil Free Pakoras**
Want to be healthy and still eat Pakoras? Well now you can have your pakora and eat it too!
Ingredients- 1 cup mixed chopped vegetables (you can use cabbage, onions, carrots or any vegetables of your choice)
- ½ cup besan
- spices of your choice – ginger, garlic, chillies, red chilly powder, whole dhania
- ¼ tsp turmeric
- salt to taste
- minced fresh coriander
- water as needed to make the blend thick and sticky – just slightly thicker than normally used for pakoras
- pinch of soda
Mix all the ingredients and make small 1 inch balls and put in a steamer. Steam till done (if you put a fork in, it will come off clean or the pakora does not stick to the steamer and can be easily moved)
Take them out of the steamer and pop them in the oven at 200C for a short time till outer crust is brown.
Variation
If you want to impress people you could brush the outer surface with a slight bit of oil to make them more crispy before putting them in the oven.
