Kale pakora/ Kale fritters as the name goes is a crispy and yummy tea time snack/ Appetizer prepared with kale, besan, rice flour and other pantry friendly ingredients. Pakoras are always the best combo with tea during windy/ rainy days and are much easier than bajji as they don’t require any shaping. We usually make or have heard of the popular bread pakora, onion pakora, vegetable pakora, gobi pakora, spinach pakora also but making pakora with kale is definitely new, interesting and yummy too. Kale pakoda was very new to me as well and this idea was suggested by my close friend Sneha last year and so sorry I took a year to post this and also made it just 2 months back on a rainy day. Thank you sneha we all loved it. So I made this kale pakoda with my spinach pakora recipe as madam sneha gave only idea so I replaced palak with kale and was yum. If you get your hands on these kale when you go to the store try making this kale pakoda and let me know how your family enjoyed it! So let’s get to the frying of kale fritters!
You may be interested in other recipes below:
- Palak pakora
- Onion pakora
- Gobi pakora
- Gobi 65
- Tindora pakoda
- Vegetable pakora
- Bitter gourd pakora
- Asparagus pakoda
- Vazhai poo bajji
- Plantain bajji
- Eggplant bajji
- Cashew pakoda
- 1. Kale – ½ bunch
- 2. Onion – 1 (small size, chopped)
- 3. Ginger – ¼ tsp (chopped)
- 4. Green chili – 1 (chopped)
- 5. Chili powder – ½ tsp
- 6. Besan / Chick pea flour – 1 cup
- 7. Rice flour – ½ cup
- 8. Salt- to taste
- 9. Water – ¼ cup (approx)
- 10. Hot oil – 2 tbsp
- 11. Oil - for frying
- * 1 cup = 235 ml
- Take kale and pluck the leaves alone discarding the stem. Wash it thoroughly and chop it roughly.
- Now in a wide bowl add chopped kale, onion, green chili, ginger, besan, rice flour, salt, chili powder and hot oil. Mix everything well.
- Now to the mixture add ¼ cup water gradually to combine everything. The mixture should look thick and sticky.
- Now heat oil in a frying pan and drop small portions of pakora/pakoda mixture in some round shapes one by one into hot oil. Fry in medium flame until golden brown. When it turns golden brown and aromatic remove from heat and transfer it to a plate with paper towel to drain excess oil. Serve it hot with hot tea.
How to make Kale pakora with step by step images
- Take kale and pluck the leaves alone discarding the stem. Wash it thoroughly and chop it roughly.
- Now in a wide bowl add chopped kale, onion, green chili, ginger, besan, rice flour, cumin seeds/jeera, salt, chili powder and hot oil. Mix everything well.
- Now to the mixture add ¼ cup water gradually to combine everything. The mixture should look thick and sticky.
- Now heat oil in a frying pan and drop small portions of pakora/pakoda mixture in some round shapes one by one into hot oil. Fry in medium flame until golden brown. When it turns golden brown and aromatic remove from heat and transfer it to a plate with paper towel to drain excess oil. Serve it hot with hot tea.
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