Bread pakora

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]

Bread Pakoda

Bread Pakoda with Ketchup
Course	Snack
Place of origin	India
Associated cuisine	India
Serving temperature	Hot or warm
Main ingredients	bread slices, gram flour, mashed potato & Indian spices
Media: Bread Pakoda

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]

Etymology

The word pakoṛā is derived from the Sanskrit word 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]

Preparation

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.^[2][10]

Variation

One variation of bread pakora is adding mashed potatoes to create a sandwich with two slices of bread and then frying it.^[2][10]

See also

• List of chickpea dishes – Foods using chickpeas or their flour as a primary ingredient
• List of Indian dishes
• List of Pakistani dishes – Culinary traditions of PakistanPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• List of street foods – Foods or drinks sold by a vendor in public places for immediate consumption