Look inside for the video and detailed recipe.Hara bhare Pakode or hare bhajia is a delectable Indian snack made with spring garlic, also known as green garlic or hara lahsun, spinach, coriander leaves, achari chillies, besan (gram flour) and assorted spices. A perfect tea-time snack! Green Garlic is extracted at earlier stages, giving it a mild, fresh and sweet taste compared to regular Garlic. It is packed with an antioxidant called Allicin, which works as an active ingredient in reducing cholesterol, reducing inflammation in the body, and preventing cold, cough and flu. Apart from that, this powerful antioxidant helps in boosting immunity.Green garlic mixed with spinach and coriander gives these fritters a lovely flavour. These fritters are very filling and give you a sense of eating a nutritious snack. These pakodas are filled with bursting flavours. Excellent flavourful healthy greens coated in gram flour and aromatic spice mixture, deep fried to a perfect golden crisp, is a must-have snack with a hot cup of ginger tea in winter.
Utensil and Tools
- Philips Induction Cook Top
- Bulfyss Wood Chopping Board
- Prestige Omega Deluxe Granite Kadai
- Borosil Glass Mixing Bowl
Ingredients
- 100 grams Hara Lehsun (Green Garlic)
- 150 grams Palak (Spinach)
- 2 Achari Chilli (Thick Chilli)
- 50 gm Coriander leaves
- Ginger , grated
- 1 cup Besan (Gram Flour)
- ⅓ cup Water
- 1.5 tsp Salt (to taste)
- 1 tsp Cumin Powder
- ½ tsp Chilli Powder
- ½ tsp Ajwain (Carom Seeds)
- ½ tsp Turmeric Powder
- Oil For frying
- Chaat Masala Powder For sprinkling
Video
Instructions
- Clean, wash, and pat dry the green garlic, spinach, and coriander leaves.
- 2. Finely chop the green garlic bulbs and leaves, spinach, and coriander leaves. Transfer them to a big mixing bowl.
- Take 2 achari chillies or thick chillies and make a slit in the centre. Discard the seeds and chop them into small pieces. Add the chopped chillies to the mixing bowl.
- Add grated ginger, turmeric powder, chilli powder, cumin powder, besan and salt.
- Take ajwain (carom seeds) and crush them between your palms before adding them to the pakoda mixture.
- Add water little by little and prepare a well-combined thick batter pokada mixture.
- Heat oil on medium flame in a kadhai or wok.
- Take a small portion or 1 tablespoon of the batter and drop it in the medium hot oil.
- Deep fry the pakodas or fritters till they change colour to a golden brown.
- Drain them on paper towels to remove the excess oil.
- Hare bhare pakode is ready to serve.
- Sprinkle chaat masala on the pakodas and serve hot with ketchup or green chutney.
Nutrition
Calories: 29kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 2gFat: 0.4gSaturated Fat: 0.04gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.1gSodium: 149mgPotassium: 80mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 591IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 19mgIron: 1mg
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