Potato Fritters Recipe / Aaloo k bhajiye / Crispy potato pakora
Potato fritters are deep-fried battered potatoes. They can be either simple potato slices, battered and deep-fried; or potatoes boiled or grated and breaded or battered then deep-fried.
Here is the simple potato fritters recipe made from just simply sliced potatoes. Do give it a try, it is a super quick and easy snack yet crisp and mouthwatering.
Prep Time | 10 minutes |
Cook Time | 10 minutes |
Servings |
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Ingredients
- 2 large sized Potato (thinly sliced into round chips)
- 6 tablespoon Gram flour/ besan (Chana dal flour)
- 1.5 tablespoon Rice Flour (optional but recommended for crispness)
- 1 tablespoon Ginger-Garlic Paste
- 1.5 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder or paprika
- 1.5 teaspoon Coriander Powder (optional)
- 3/4 teaspoon Salt (as per taste)
- 3/4 cup water (or as required to make a batter)
- 200 ml cooking oil (for deep frying)
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda / Sodium Bicarbonate
- 1 teaspoon Chat Masala (optional)
- 1 medium sized onion (thinly sliced,optional)
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Instructions
- Firstly peel the potatoes and slice them into thin chips.
- Drain the water from the potatoes and keep the slices aside.
Recipe Notes
- Here the batter should be neither too thick nor too thin, it should be such that, if you dip a potato slice in it, the slice should be easily coated.
- Add the baking soda to the batter just before frying, as this avoids excessive oil absorption.
- Always fry the fritters on constant heat to avoid excess oil absorption.
- Oil temperature can be tested by adding a drop of batter into the oil, if the batter drop comes up immediately without changing its color, then the oil is ready to fry. If the batter drop doesn't come up immediately then the oil is cool and overheated oil makes the batter droplet to become dark in color.
- Sprinkling chat masala is optional yet recommended for enhanced taste. If you do not have chat masala then a mixture of half teaspoon red chilli powder and 1/4 teaspoon salt can also be sprinkled for enhancing the taste.
- Serving with vertically sliced onions makes the fritters irresistible. As this combination of onions and potato fritters is quite mouth-watering.