Palak Pakoda / Spinach Fritters

Palak pakoda is a quick to make snack. It is delicious and crispy and is prepared with spinach. Everyone at home like pakoda. This is a healthier pakoda which I prepared yesterday. My son who does not like greens had his stomach full.

Ingredients:
Spinach leaves (palak)	– 3 cups (chopped and packed)
Gram flour (besan)	– 1 ½ cup
Rice flour	– 2 ½ tbsp.
Red chili powder	– ½ tsp.
Cumin powder	– ½ tsp.
Green chilies	2 to 3 (finely chopped)
Ginger-garlic paste	– 1  tsp.
Mint leaves	– 10 to 12 (finely chopped)
Coriander leaves	– 2 tbsp. (finely chopped)
Hot oil	– 2 tbsp.
Water	– as needed
Salt	– as needed
Oil	– for deep frying

Method:

• Mix all the above ingredients adding salt and hot oil.
• Add very little water and mix. The batter should just coat the palak leaves and it should not be a flowing batter but a stiff batter. Add water little by little till the batter just coats the palak.
• Heat oil in a deep frying or heavy bottomed vessel.
• When the oil is hot, reduce the flame and drop a little mixture of the batter to form fritters.
• Deep fry the pakodas to a golden brown color.
• Serve Palak Pakoda as an evening snack.
• The pakodas can be stored in an air tight container for 2-3 days.

Note:

• When frying pakoda, do not over crowd the vessel.