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Vegetable Fritters
Serves 4 · Total 25 min · Prep 10 min · Cook 15 min
Photo: Harmeet / CC BY-SA 4.0
Sliced onion, potato and green chilli coated in a spiced gram-flour batter and deep-fried until crisp. The go-to teatime snack on rainy days and during Ramadan iftar across Pakistan, best eaten hot with mint-coriander or tamarind chutney and a cup of tea.
Quick answer: 25 min in total · serves 4 · main ingredients: Gram flour, Onion, Potato, Green chilli · amounts in metric and US
Ingredients
- 250 g 2 cup Gram flour
- 2 pc 2 pc Onion, thinly sliced
- 1 pc 1 pc Potato, thinly sliced
- 2 pc 2 pc Green chilli, chopped
- 2 tbsp 2 tbsp Coriander, chopped
- 0.5 tsp 0.5 tsp Turmeric
- 1 tsp 1 tsp Red chilli powder
- 500 ml 2 cup Cooking oil, for deep frying
- to taste to taste Salt
- 0.5 tsp 0.5 tsp Carom seeds (Optional)
Steps
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- In a bowl, mix gram flour with turmeric, red chilli powder, carom seeds and salt.
- Add water gradually and whisk into a thick, lump-free batter.
- Fold in the sliced onion, potato, green chilli and fresh coriander until evenly coated.
- Heat oil in a deep pan until hot but not smoking.⏱ Heating oil · 3 min
- Drop spoonfuls of the batter into the hot oil and fry in batches until golden and crisp.⏱ Frying · 10 min
- Lift onto a paper towel to drain excess oil, then serve hot with chutney.
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Frequently asked questions
How long does Vegetable Fritters take?
25 minutes in total: about 10 minutes of prep and 15 minutes of cooking.
Is Vegetable Fritters hard to make?
Degchi rates it easy. The method has 6 steps, and 2 of them have a timer you can start on this page.
How many people does Vegetable Fritters serve?
This recipe serves 4. Use the toggle above the ingredient list to see the amounts in metric or US measures. For more or fewer portions, scale every amount in the same proportion, or use the servings control in the Degchi app.
Is Vegetable Fritters halal, vegetarian or eggless?
It is marked halal in our recipe data. It is vegetarian. It has no egg. It has no beef. Check the labels on any packaged ingredients for your own needs.
What will I probably need to buy for Vegetable Fritters?
Everyday staples that Degchi counts as pantry basics: turmeric, red chilli powder, cooking oil, salt. Fresh items you will probably need to buy: onion, potato, green chilli, coriander. Lentils, grains and other dry goods: gram flour.
Any tips for making Vegetable Fritters?
Slice the vegetables thin so they cook through at the same rate as the batter crisps. Fry on medium-high heat — too hot and the outside burns before the inside cooks.
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Cooking terms in this recipe: Haldi (turmeric) · Dhania (coriander) · Hari mirch (green chilli) · Lal mirch (red chilli) · Ajwain (carom seeds)
