ALOO PAKODA

THE ALOO PAKODAS(THE POTATO FRITTERS)

The Aloo Pakodas are the common and easily available snack of Srinagar. It is seen in every nook and corner of the local markets and main tourist places of Srinagar. It is a snack of everybody and not an expensive one.It is easily prepared throughout the day and sold off within few minutes of its preparations. 

The snack is again prepared in many ways. The teenagers and younger folks gather around Dal lake and other joints to relish their taste buds through the HOT ALOO PAKODAS. They enjoy their meetings with lots of fun and frolic while munching the aloo pakodas.I am not going to focus on the calorie contents of the snacks. It is better to enjoy them as the locals do.

RECIPE FOR THE ALOO PAKODA

INGREDIENTS

Potatoes- 1/2 kg

Gram Flour or Besan-1/2 kg

Salt to taste

Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder-1 tablespoon

Water to prepare the batter-1/2 glass

Food Colour-1 gram

Oil to fry

METHOD

• Wash the potatoes under the running water.
• Slice the potatoes in round shapes
• Mix gram flour,salt,food colour and kashmiri red chilli powder with little amount of water till it reaches to a thick consistency.
• Add the round potato slices few at a time in the prepared gram flour batter.
• Place a deep wok on the gas stove.
• Add oil to a level of three-fourth of the wok.
• Let the oil reach to its maximum temperature.
• Add the potato slices one by one in the hot oil.
• Once we see that the slices of the potato are well fried, turn them round with the help of the laddle.
• Observe that both sides are well fried.
• Remove them from the wok.
• Place them in an open large plate as shown in the photograph.

These are the simple steps used by the local vendors to prepare the popular road side snack. See I told you it is the most simple way to prepare the aloo pakodas.