Sweet Potato Pakora Recipe

Time and servings

Prep time	5 min
Cook time	15 min
Total time	20 min
Serves	3 servings

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Ingredients

• 1 sweet potato
• 1 cup besan / gram flour
• 2 tbsp rice flour
• ½ tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp chilli powder
• pinch baking soda
• salt to taste
• water to prepare batter

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Instructions

1. wash the sweet potato and scrape the skin off.
2. later cut the sweet potatoes into thin slices.
3. mix gram flour, rice flour, chilly powder, turmeric powder, salt, baking soda and water.
4. make a fairly thick batter by adding little water at a time to avoid lumps from formation.
5. now add more water and make the batter little thin. (do not make it watery consistency)
6. dip the slices into the batter and make sure it coats all side.
7. deep fry the sweet potato in oil.
8. serve hot with tea or coffee as your evening snacks.

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Step-by-step

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Notes

• adding a pinch of baking soda makes your pakora puffy and crispy
• adding rice flour makes your podi crispy and crunchy.
• you can also substitute sweet potatoes with potato, cauliflower, capsicum or even eggplant.