| Bread Pakoda | |
| National Cuisine: | India |
| Course: | Snack |
| Served: | Hot or warm |
| Main Ingredient: | bread slices, gram flour, mashed potato & Indian spices |
Bread pakora is an Indian fried snack (pakora or fritter). It is also known as bread bhaji (or bajji). A common street food, it is made from bread slices, gram flour, and spices among other ingredients.[1] [2]
The snack is prepared by dipping triangular bread slices in a spicy gram flour batter and frying them.[3] Stuffing such as mashed potatoes is common.[4] [5] It can be deep-fried or pan-fried, and is served with chutneys or ketchup.[6]
The word pakoṛā is derived from Sanskrit पक्ववट pakvavaṭa,[7] a compound of pakva ('cooked') and vaṭa ('a small lump') or its derivative vaṭaka, 'a round cake made of pulse fried in oil or ghee'.[8] The word Bhajji is derived from the Sanskrit word Bharjita meaning fried.[9]
Bread pakora is made by frying a slice of bread dipped in a spiced gram flour batter. It is often served with chutney, like tamarind or cilantro-lime.
One variation of bread pakora is adding mashed potatoes to create a sandwich with two slices of bread and then frying it.[10]