Bread Pakora is a very famous Indian tea time snack and breakfast recipe and is quite easy to make. You can either make it without any filling with just bread and the batter or fill it with a spicy potato or paneer filling and make Aloo Bread pakora. Here is how to make Punjabi Bread Pakora Recipe at home (Step by Step).
What is Bread Pakora?
Bread pakora is a very famous Indian snack especially popular in Punjab, that you’ll find at most Indian street food stalls and small restaurants.
It’s basically bread sliced coated with a gram flour batter and deep fried.
It’s a hot favourite snack to munch on during the monsoons, there’s nothing like a cup of hot chai with freshly made hot bread pakoras.
These pakoras can be prepared with or without a stuffing, today I’m posting a plain version of the bread pakora.
There is just something divine about coating bread slices and frying them in hot oil.
A bite into these pakoras are sure to make your day super special, it might not be the most healthiest snack to binge on, but with bread pakoras, the added calories are definitely worth it.
We always look forward to our evening chai or cup of hand beaten coffee with a light snack.
Some of the other snack recipes you could try are: Sesame Grilled Paneer, Spicy Sabudana Khichdi, Palak Pakora and Red Rice Kanda Poha.
Bread Pakora Ingredients
You will need basic ingredients to make Bread pakora. These are mostly available in any Indian pantry and if not you can easily buy them from any Indian Grocery Store.
Use fine besan to make this recipe. You can add chopped coriander leaves, green chillies and grated ginger in the besan batter to make the pakoras more flavourful.
Ajwain also adds a nice taste to the dish and makes it easily digestable but you can choose to skip it.
If you are making Aloo Bread Pakora, you will need potato filling to stuff inside the bread slices.
You can also add onion paste, ginger garlic paste and green chilli paste in the besan batter.
How to make Bread Pakora without stuffing
To make this delicious Indian snack, bread slices, you could use brown bread or white bread depending on your choice is cut diagonally into slices and kept aside.
All the ingredients like besan, salt, finely chopped green chilli, finely chopped coriander, ajwain and turmeric, except for the bread slices are mixed in a bowl.
Water is added to the mix in order to make a nice batter. The batter is checked such that it forms a thin layer on the back of a spoon.
Then oil is heated in a pan, and once the oil is hot, the heat is kept at medium low.
The prepared bread slices are then dipped into the besan batter and dropped carefully into hot oil.
The bread is to be fried on both sides till it gets a golden brown hue.
The bread slices are taken off the heat and transferred onto a tissue lined plate.
The besan coating on the bread slices give it a delicious and crunchy texture and a bite into these bread pakoras with its subtle flavours will keep you wanting for more.
It’s important to see to it that the pan is not overcrowded while frying the pakoras, as they may stick together if not done right.
How to make Stuffed Bread Pakora Recipe
You can stuff the bread pakora with paneer or aloo. The stuffed Bread Pakora are also called Sandwich Bread Pakora as their is a filling sandwiched between two slices of bread.
To make stuffed bread pakoras, make a filling of your choice using either paneer, potato or a mixture of both.
To make Aloo Bread Pakoda Filling, heat 2 tsp oil in a pan. Add hing and cumin seeds to it and let them crackle for a few seconds.
Add ginger paste and green chillies and fry for a few seconds. Now add chilli powder, turmeric powder, anardana powder, chaat masala and garam masala powder.
Add mashed boiled potatoes and salt and mix everything well. Top with chopped coriander.
Cool the filling and use it to stuff the bread pakora.
You can make the other filling in the same manner.
I also make Egg Bread Pakora sometimes. To make egg bread pakora, grate boiled eggs and add coriander, green chilli, salt and pepper to it.
Now apply some ketchup on the bread triangles and sandwich the egg filling between two triangles.
A filling made using fresh green peas will also taste delicious. Be creative and come up with your own filling ideas 🙂
Take two triangles of bread and sandwich the filling between them. Now dip the slices in besan mixture and fry.
Stuffed Bread pakoras are heavier to eat but tastes delicious because of the filling.
You can also stuff the bread pakora with a chicken filling.
Paneer Bread Pakora is another favourite. Slather the bread triangles with spicy chutney and keep a thin triangular piece of paneer in between two slices. Now dip this in batter and fry.
Cheese Bread Pakoda can be made by keeping a slice of cheese between the bread and then frying it. The cheese melts while frying and tastes amazing.
What to serve Bread Pakora with?
These pakoras taste best when hot with some coriander chutney. This bread pakora is just the perfect snack to eat with your evening tea; it’s enjoyed by children and adults alike.
I also like to serve some tomato ketchup along with the coriander chutney. Sweet Tamarind Chutney also goes well with it.
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How to make Bread Pakora Step by Step
Mix all the ingredients except bread slices in a bowl. I made these using some rice flour as well as you can see in the pic below, but personally liked the ones made without adding rice flour. You can try adding some and see if you like the texture.
Add water and make a batter. Batter should be just good enough to coat the back of a spoon.
Heat oil for frying. Once the oil is hot, simmer the heat to medium low. Dip the bread slices in the batter and drop them in hot oil.
Deep fry until golden brown from both the sides. Drain on a tissue lined plate. Serve hot with coriander chutney. Do not over crowd the pan while frying the pakora.
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Bread Pakora Recipe
Bread Pakora Recipe
Bread Pakoda is a very famous Indian tea time snack and breakfast recipe and is quite easy to make
Ingredients
- 6-8 Bread Slices Cut diagonally into triangles
- 1 cup Besan/Chickpea flour
- 2 tsp Lemon Juice
- 1/4 tsp Baking Soda
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp Green Chilli Finely Chopped
- 2 tbsp Fresh Coriander Finely Chopped
- 1 tsp Ajwain
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
- Oil For Frying
Instructions
Mix all the ingredients except bread slices in a bowl.
Add water and make a batter.
Batter should be just thin enough to coat the back of a spoon.
Heat oil for frying.
Once the oil is hot, simmer the heat to medium low.
Dip the bread slices in the batter and drop them in hot oil.
Deep fry until golden brown from both the sides.
Drain on a tissue lined plate.
Serve hot with coriander chutney.
Do not over crowd the pan while frying the pakora.
Recipe Notes
The consistency of the batter is very important to make good bread pakora. It should neither be too thick or too thin.
Fry the bread pakora on medium heat.
You can cut the bread slices into squares a well.
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Vineeta
the photo of the bowl with ingredients for the batter has a lot of white powder on top of the yellow besan flour – this does not appear in your ingredients list
can you kindly clarify what the white flour is? I am guessing rice or cornflour
Neha Mathur
Hi Vineeta, I just updated the text. I tried the recipe with both rice flour and without it and liked the texture of the only besan one better. Have mentioned it in the steps.