Bread Pakoras
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Healthy Fryer
Cooking Time: 20-25 minutes
Temperature: 160° C
Preparation Time
15 minutes
Ingredients
8 bread slices.
2 medium potatoes boiled and mashed.
Salt to taste.
1 green chilli chopped.
¼ tsp coriander powder.
¼ tsp red chilli powder.
½ tsp roasted cumin powder.
For batter:
1 ½ cups gram flour (besan).
Salt to taste.
A pinch soda bi-carbonate.
¼ tsp red chilli powder.
¼ tsp dry mango powder (amchoor).
⅛ tsp garam masala powder.
How to cook
Step 1
Mix the potatoes, salt, green chillies, coriander powder, red chilli powder and roasted
cumin powder in a bowl and divide into four equal portions. Add salt, chilli powder,
garam masala, green chillies and coriander leaves to the mashed potatoes and mix
well.
Step 2
Mix gram flour, salt, soda bi-carbonate, red chilli powder, amchoor, garam masala
powder in another bowl. Add sufficient water to make a thick and smooth batter.
Step 3
Spread a portion of the potato mixture on each of the four bread slices, cover them
with the remaining bread slices and press gently. Halve the sandwiches. Dip the bread
sandwiches in the batter and keep it in the fridge for half an hour.
Step 4
Pre-heat Healthy Fryer for 5 minutes at 160° C. Arrange the pakoras in fry basket
and close it properly. Keep the fryer at 160° C for 20-25 minutes. Turn the pakoras
in between to cook uniformly. Serve hot with tamarind chutney or green chutney or
tomato sauce.
Oats Hearts
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Healthy Fryer
Cooking Time: 20-25 minutes
Temperature: 160° C
Preparation Time
40 minutes
Ingredients
1½ cups (150g) Quaker oats.
2 tbsp (20g) low fat yogurt.
Potatoes boiled and mashed.
½ cup grated cauliflower.
½ cup grated carrot.
Salt to taste.
½ tsp red chilli powder.
¼ tsp garam masala.
½ tsp dry mango powder (amchoor).
2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander.
How to cook
Step 1 :
Keep ½ cup Quaker oats aside for coating.
Step 2
Mix 1 cup Quaker Oats with yogurt and add all the remaining ingredients.
Step 3 :
Make 8 balls of the above mixture.
Step 4
Flatten each ball and shape into hearts or cut with a heart shape cookie cutter. Do not flatten
too much.
Step 5
Spread the remaining ½ cup Quaker oats on a plate. Put about ½ cup milk or water in a flat dish/
bowl. Dip each heart in milk/water for a second and immediately press both sides of each heart
in Quaker oats. Press the hearts between the palms to make the Quaker Oats coat properly.
Step 6
Pre-heat Healthy Fryer for 5 minutes at 160° C. Arrange the hearts in fry basket and close it
properly. Keep the fryer at 160° C for 20-25 minutes. Turn the hearts over in between to cook
uniformly. Serve hot with tomato sauce.
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