Vegetable pakoras

Gluten free.

This recipe is a family friends and originates from Pakistan. The nice thing about these is you can add any left over veggies to the mix. These are so great to make for a starter or to have on the side of a curry served with a mixed salad and Marie-rose sauce.

Ingredients:

3 cups of gram flour (chickpea flour)

1 cup of tepid water

Two red onions diced finely

1 egg (sub with chia seeds + water for vegans)

1tbsp olive oil

3tsp mild curry powder

3 level tsp cumin seeds

1 tsp coriander seeds ground

1 tsp bicarbonate soda

1 leek (ideally a spring onion) finely chopped

1 tsp Salt -sunflower oil

Method:

1. Set the deep fat frier (my fav) to 180C or put some sunflower oil to a 2 inch depth in a large pot

2. Mix the gram flour and tepid water together

3. Add all the other ingredients and mix

4. At this stage, it looks like a thick batter

5. Drop a heaped desert spoon into the oil for 5 mins

6. Before being a piggy, allow a few mins to cool on some kitchen roll