Bread Pakora Recipe

3 bread pakora triangles touching each other on a white plate.

This delicious bread pakora is a super easy and tasty snack. Try the air fryer recipe for low oil or zero oil. Deep fried recipe is also shared.

Course Snack

Cuisine Indian

Keyword air fryer bread pakora, bread pakora

recipe Air fryer recipes, Indian snacks

Prep Time 2

Cook Time 12

Total Time 14

Servings

Calories 95kcal

Author Rachna Parmar

Equipment

1 Air fryer
1 Chef's knife

Ingredients

4 bread slices cut into halves or triangles

For Coating

¾ cup chickpea flour
¼ tsp. Salt
½ tsp. Cayenne or red chilli powder
½ tsp. ground coriander
¼ tsp. Carrom seeds or ajwain
1 tsp. Cilantro finely chopped
½ tsp. Turmeric powder
½ tsp. Garam masala
1 tsp. Oil for brushing optional for air frying

Instructions

Cut each bread slice into two triangles or two rectangles after removing the outer brown edges.
Keep aside.
Take chickpea flour and add spices and salt to it.
Slowly add water to form a smooth, thickish batter. If you are making for deep frying then the batter can be slightly runny (like pakoda batter).
For air frying keep it thick.
Mix well.
Whip the batter for a minute or so to aerate it and make it light.
Dip each bread slice in the batter to coat it along all sides.
Do this just when you are ready to air fry or deep fry, or they will get soggy and break apart.

For Deep frying

Heat oil on medium heat in a pan.
Check that it is adequately hot by dropping one drop of batter in it. If it bubbles immediately then your oil is ready to deep fry/shallow fry.
Slowly place chickpea flour coated bread slices in the oil and deep fry till golden brown and cooked.

For Air frying

Preheat air fryer at 360F or 180C for 5 minutes.
Put a parchment paper sheet with holes or a silicone mat to line the basket.
Place batter coated bread slices in the air fryer and leave some spaces between them.
Air fry at 360F or 180C for 5-7 minutes. No need to flip midway.
Brush lightly with oil (optional). Then air fry at 390F or 200C for 2 minutes more.
Your bread pakoras are ready. Slowly lift up the parchment paper and remove it with bread pakoras on top.
Then peel off the parchment paper. It comes out clean but do this step carefully. We don't want the batter coming out. Serve hot and enjoy.

Notes

This recipe works well with both fresh bread and slightly stale bread.
Don’t make the batter runny especially for air frying or it will drip down the basket and not air fryer properly.
Using parchment paper with holes helps in easy air frying and cleaning.
Do not overcrowd the basket while air frying.
If deep frying or shallow frying, deep fry at medium temperature.

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