 Bread Pakoda with Ketchup | |
| Course | Snack |
|---|---|
| Place of origin |  India |
| Associated cuisine | India |
| Serving temperature | Hot or warm |
| Main ingredients | bread slices, gram flour, mashed potato & Indian spices |
Bread pakora is an Indian fried snack (pakora or fritter). It is also known as bread bhaji (or bajji). A common street food, it is made from bread slices, gram flour, and spices among other ingredients.12
The snack is prepared by dipping triangular bread slices in a spicy gram flour batter and frying them.3 Stuffing such as mashed potatoes is common.45 It can be deep-fried or pan-fried, and is served with chutneys or ketchup.6
Etymology
The word pakoṛā is derived from the Sanskrit word पक्ववट pakvavaṭa,7 a compound of pakva ('cooked') and vaṭa ('a small lump') or its derivative vaṭaka, 'a round cake made of pulse fried in oil or ghee'.8 The word Bhajji is derived from the Sanskrit word Bharjita meaning fried.9
Preparation
Bread pakora is made by frying a slice of bread dipped in a spiced gram flour batter. It is often served with chutney, like tamarind or cilantro-lime.210
Variation
One variation of bread pakora is adding mashed potatoes to create a sandwich with two slices of bread and then frying it.210
See also
See also
- List of chickpea dishes – Foods using chickpeas or their flour as a primary ingredient
- List of Indian dishes
- List of Pakistani dishes – Culinary traditions of PakistanPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
- List of street foods
References
References
- Sephi Bergerson (2009). Street Food Of India. Roli Books. p. 90. ISBN 978-81-7436-571-2.
- Saran, Suvir; Fink, Ben (2012). Masala Farm. Chronicle Books LLC. ISBN 9781452110325.
- Neelam Batra (2011). 1,000 Indian Recipes. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-544-18910-2.
- Nisha Madhulika (3 February 2015). "Tea-time snack: How about Aloo Bread Pakora this evening". Indian Express.
- Vatsala Mamgain (5 December 2015). "Carb snobs, look away". Mint.
- Richa Hingle (2015). Vegan Richa's Indian Kitchen: Traditional and Creative Recipes for the Home Cook. Vegan Heritage Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-941252-10-9.
- R. S. McGregor, ed. (1997). The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. p. 588. ISBN 978-0-19-864339-5.
- Monier-Williams, Monier (1995). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. p. 914. ISBN 81-208-0065-6. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
- Sanskrit Dictionary-Bharjita https://www.learnsanskrit.cc/translate?search=bharjita&dir=au
- Chauhan, Maneet; Eddy, Jody (2020). Chaat Recipes from the Kitchens, Markets, and Railways of India: A Cookbook. Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed. ISBN 9781984823892.