Air fryer Whole Moong Pakode

These delicious and healthy air fryer sprouted mung bean pakode are the perfect snack. Very versatile recipe and so easy to do.

Course snacks

Cuisine Indian

Keyword air fryer moong pakode, air fryer mung bean pakode, air fryer sprouted moong pakode

recipe Indian air fryer recipes

Cook Time 17

Total Time 17

Servings

Calories 63kcal

Wash, soak and sprout whole mung beans. I always keep some at hand hence used them. You may use soaked whole mung beans or yellow moong dal in the recipes moong dal.
Drain the water and grind it to a coarse paste after adding garlic cloves, green chilli and oil along with the spices and salt. The batter should be thick and spoonable.
Transfer the dal paste to a bowl and add the chopped onion, cilantro and chickpea flour along with baking soda (if using). Mix well. The batter must not be runny. It should be thick and easily spoonable.
Preheat your air fryer to 180C or 360F for 3 minutes. Line with parchment paper or parchment mat as I have done here. Make small pakore using your hands or with a spoon. You can make them flat too.
You can also just drop spoonfuls of the mixture directly into the basket in a single layer.
Air fry at 180C or 360F for about 12–14 minutes. After 8 minutes, brush them lightly with oil and air fry more. Cook till they are golden and crisp on the outside.
Take them out and serve hot with green chutney or ketchup. Enjoy your moong pakore.

1. Thoroughly drain the mung beans before blending them. Don’t add water as we don’t want the batter to be runny.

2. Place pakore evenly on the basket so that they can cook evenly.

3. For extra crispiness, you can add a spoonful of rice flour to the batter.

4. If your batter feels too runny, you can add more chickpea flour to make it of the right consistency.

5. You may also add shredded spinach, grated carrot, beet or cabbage to the batter.

6. Leftovers can be stored in the fridge in an airtight container. Reheat them in the air fryer for 3–4 minutes at 180C before serving.