{"id":10070,"date":"2012-01-06T20:40:14","date_gmt":"2012-01-07T01:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/?p=10070"},"modified":"2022-03-14T13:17:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T17:17:42","slug":"spinach-mushroom-pakoras-with-spicy-yogurt-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/spinach-mushroom-pakoras-with-spicy-yogurt-sauce\/","title":{"rendered":"Spinach Mushroom Pakoras with Spicy Yogurt Sauce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10071 size-full\" title=\"Spinach Pakora\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/spinach-pakora.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/spinach-pakora.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/spinach-pakora-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These pakoras are the best and the spicy yogurt sauce gave the pakoras a nice kick&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, this week was pretty darn bad for me. I was in the holiday hangover and it was so hard for me to wake up early and go to school. In the morning, I rolled and rolled, snoozed the alarm a million times and tried to come up with all lame excuses to be under the blanket. So I wrapped up this week with Power Yoga. I felt so vivacious and rejuvenated after an hour long work out this evening. Hopefully, next week I would become that active person again.<\/p>\n<p>Pakoras are famous Indian fried snack. Throughout India you could see street vendors frying pakoras and people snacking it along with hot tea. It&#8217;s also served in most of the Indian restaurants.\u00a0I am so glad that pakoras are made with gram flour which means they are gluten free, so that my hubby can enjoy it without any second thoughts. I had already posted the recipe for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/onion-fritters-onion-vada-or-ulli-vada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Onion pakoras<\/a> or fritters. Pakoras can be made with just onions or with mixed veggies. This time I made with spinach and mushroom, it tasted really good.<\/p>\n<p>I also made a spicy yogurt sauce as the dipping sauce, pakoras along with the spicy yogurt sauce were darn yummy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spinach Mushroom Pakora Recipe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10072\" title=\"spinach-pakoras\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/spinach-pakoras.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/spinach-pakoras.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/spinach-pakoras-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/spinach-pakoras-84x55.jpg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/>Ingredients <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spinach leaves- 2 cups<\/li>\n<li>Mushrooms, chopped- 1 cup<\/li>\n<li>Onion, chopped-1<\/li>\n<li>Cumin seeds- 1 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Chili powder- 3\/4 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Asafoetida (optional)- 1\/4 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Gram flour- 1 cup<\/li>\n<li>Cilantro, chopped- 1\/4 cup<\/li>\n<li>Salt- 1 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Water<\/li>\n<li>Oil- enough for frying<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Gram Flour Batter<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gram Flour- 2 cups<\/li>\n<li>Salt- 1\/2 tsp<\/li>\n<li>Water- enough to\u00a0hold the veggies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instruction<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In a large bowl, combine spinach, mushrooms, onion, cumin seeds, chili powder, asafetida, salt, cilantro, and gram flour.<\/li>\n<li>Slowly add water till the veggies hold together well or till you can make balls out of the veggies.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10074\" title=\"pakora mixed with gram flour\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/pakora-mixed-with-gram-flour.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/pakora-mixed-with-gram-flour.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/pakora-mixed-with-gram-flour-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/pakora-mixed-with-gram-flour-84x55.jpg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>In another bowl, combine gram flour, salt and add enough water to make a thick batter. Make sure the batter is thick.<\/li>\n<li>Place a frying pan over medium heat, add oil, let turn hot.<\/li>\n<li>Make small balls out of the veggie mixture.<\/li>\n<li>Dip the veggie balls in the gram flour batter and coat well.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10075\" title=\"dipped in gram flour batter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/dipped-in-gram-flour-batter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/dipped-in-gram-flour-batter.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/dipped-in-gram-flour-batter-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/dipped-in-gram-flour-batter-84x55.jpg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Fry in hot oil till golden brown in color.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10076\" title=\"frying pakoras\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/frying-pakoras.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/frying-pakoras.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/frying-pakoras-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/frying-pakoras-84x55.jpg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Transfer to a paper towel.<\/li>\n<li>You could even fry the veggie balls without dipping in the gram flour batter, if so there wouldn&#8217;t be much gram flour coating, look at the two pakoras on the first picture, I fried those without dipping in the batter.<\/li>\n<li>When you dip it in the batter, it will turn more crispy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Spicy Yogurt Sauce Recipe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10073\" title=\"spicy yogurt sauce\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/spicy-yogurt-sauce.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/spicy-yogurt-sauce.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/spicy-yogurt-sauce-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/spicy-yogurt-sauce-84x55.jpg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yogurt- 1 cup<\/li>\n<li>Green chilies- 2<\/li>\n<li>Cilantro, chopped- 1\/4 cup<\/li>\n<li>Salt- 3\/4 tsp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instruction<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In a blender, combine the above-mentioned ingredients to a smooth paste.<\/li>\n<li>Pour into a bowl and serve along with pakoras.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For making pakoras you could add any veggies of your choice: peas, broccoli chopped small, potato, etc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"easyrecipeWrapper mceNonEditable\">\n<div class=\"easyrecipe mceNonEditable\" data-rating=\"0\"> \t<link itemprop=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Spinach-Pakora.jpg\" \/>\n<div class=\"item ERName\">Spinach Mushroom Pakoras with Spicy Yogurt Sauce<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERClear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\"><span class=\"xlate\">Recipe Type<\/span>: <span class=\"type\">Appetiser<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Cuisine: <span class=\"cuisine\">Indian<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Author: <span class=\"author\">Thasneen<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Prep time: <time itemprop=\"prepTime\" datetime=\"PT15M\">15 mins<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Cook time: <time itemprop=\"cookTime\" datetime=\"PT30M\">30 mins<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Total time: <time itemprop=\"totalTime\" datetime=\"PT45M\">45 mins<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERIngredients\">\n<div class=\"ERIngredientsHeader\">Ingredients<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ingredients\">\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Spinach leaves- 2 cups<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Mushrooms, chopped- 1 cup<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Onion, chopped-1<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Cumin seeds- 1 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Chili powder- 3\/4 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Asafoetida (optional)- 1\/4 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Gram flour- 1 cup<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Cilantro, chopped- 1\/4 cup<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Salt- 1 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Water<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Oil- enough for frying<\/li>\n<li class=\"ERSeparator\">[b]Gram Flour Batter[\/b]<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Gram Flour- 2 cups<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Salt- 1\/2 tsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Water- enough to hold the veggies<\/li>\n<li class=\"ERSeparator\">[b]Spicy Yogurt Sauce Recipe[\/b]<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Yogurt- 1 cup<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Green chilies- 2<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Cilantro, chopped- 1\/4 cup<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Salt- 3\/4 tsp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERInstructions\">\n<div class=\"ERInstructionsHeader\">Instructions<\/div>\n<div class=\"instructions\">\n<ol>\n<li class=\"instruction\">In a large bowl, combine spinach, mushrooms, onion, cumin seeds, chili powder, asafetida, salt, cilantro and gram flour.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Slowly add water till the the veggies hold together well or till you can make balls out of the veggies.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">In another bowl, combine gram flour, salt and add enough water to make a thick batter. Make sure the batter is thick.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Place a frying pan over medium heat, add oil, let turn hot.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Make small balls out of the veggie mixture.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Dip the veggie balls in the gram flour batter and coat well.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Fry in hot oil till golden brown in color.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Transfer to a paper towel.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">You could even fry the veggie balls without dipping in the gram flour batter, if so there wouldn&#8217;t be much gram flour coating, look at the two pakoras on the first picture, I fried those without dipping in the batter.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">When you dip it in the batter, it will turn more crispy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"ERSeparator\">[b]Spicy Yogurt Sauce Recipe[\/b]<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"instruction\">In a blender, combine the above-mentioned ingredients to a smooth paste.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Pour into a bowl and serve along with pakoras.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERNutrition\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ERNotesHeader\">Notes<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERNotes\">\u2022For making pakoras you could add any veggies of your choice: peas, broccoli chopped small, potato, etc<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"endeasyrecipe\" style=\"display: none;\">3.5.3251<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"easyrecipeBelow mceNonEditable\"><input class=\"ERInsertLine mceNonEditable\" type=\"button\" value=\"Insert line below\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These pakoras are the best and the spicy yogurt sauce gave the pakoras a nice kick&#8230; Honestly, this week was pretty darn bad for me. I was in the holiday hangover and it was so hard for me to wake up early and go to school. In the morning, I rolled and rolled, snoozed the &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[609,474,472,27,374,780,353],"tags":[1036,514],"class_list":["post-10070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fried-snack-by-category","category-fritters","category-gluten-free","category-indian-cuisine","category-mushrooms","category-north-indian","category-spinach-by-ingredient","tag-fritters","tag-gluten-free-2","course-appetiser","cuisine-indian-cuisine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}