Shrimp Pakora
Craving some fried chicken? Switch it up with some shrimp pakora! These crisp shrimp fritters, are shrimp wrapped in chickpea flour batter and deep fried. They are irresistible. Shrimp pakoras are popular tea time snack, eaten often with spicy chutneys.
Ingredients:
Serves 2-4
- 1 lb shrimp
For marinating:
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 3 green chilies
- 2 tsp ginger paste
- 2 tsp finely chopped garlic
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- salt to taste
Pie dough/batter
- 1½ cup flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp cumin powder
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- water as required
- vegetable oil for deep-frying
- 2-3 tbsp fresh cilantro leaves, finely chopped for garnishing
- slices of lemon
How to make Shrimp Pakora:
- Mix together chopped green chilies, garlic - ginger paste, salt and lemon juice.
- Put the shrimp into the paste. The pieces should be completely covered with the paste. Keep aside for 1h.
- Heat the oil in a large heavy-bottom pan to 350-375 °F/180- 190°C, or until a cube of bread browns in 30 sec.
- Deep fry till golden brown.
- Serve hot with chutneys.
Tips:
- If you make pakoras, keep the besan batter thick. Deep frying of thin batter pakoras absorb too much oil during frying.
