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How To Make Chicken Pakora
Chicken pakora is an Indian-inspired dish with marinated chunks of chicken. These are battered and fried until crispy and golden.
Ingredients
- 6 chicken thigh fillets, chopped into bite-size pieces
- 1 tbsp ginger, minced
- 1 green chilli, finely chopped
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tbsp dried coriander leaf
- 1 tsp chilli flakes
- 1 tsp ground fenugreek
- 4 cups vegetable oil, for deep frying
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp garlic salt
- 1¼ cups gram flour, (chickpea flour or besan)
- 1 tbsp cornflour, (cornstarch)
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- ¾ cup water
Instructions
- Place the chicken thigh pieces in a bowl.
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Add the minced ginger, chopped chilli, cumin ground coriander, dried coriander leaf, chilli flakes and ground fenugreek.
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Mix together to coat the chicken, then cover and marinate in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
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Heat the oil in a wok or large heavy-based pan over a medium heat.
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Take the chicken out of the fridge and sprinkle on the salt, garlic salt, gram flour, corn flour and baking soda. Mix together to combine, then add in the water a splash at a time until it yields a batter about the thickness of heavy cream.
- Test the heat of the oil by dropping a little blob of the batter in the wok. It should sizzle and rise to the top.
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Add the chicken into the oil, one piece at a time, using a set of tongs. Work in 2 batches to ensure the pan isn’t overcrowded. Fry for 4 to 5 minutes until the coating is golden brown and the chicken is cooked through.
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Keep the first batch warm in a warm oven at 250 degrees F whilst the second batch is cooking.
- Once all of the chicken pakoras are cooked, place in a serving bowl and sprinkle with fresh coriander.
- Serve with sweet chilli sauce.
Nutrition
- Sugar: 2g
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- Calcium: 30mg
- Calories: 326kcal
- Carbohydrates: 13g
- Cholesterol: 111mg
- Fat: 20g
- Fiber: 3g
- Iron: 2mg
- Monounsaturated Fat: 8g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g
- Potassium: 414mg
- Protein: 22g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Sodium: 565mg
- Trans Fat: 1g
- Vitamin A: 218IU
- Vitamin C: 3mg
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