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    Crispy Chicken Pakora

    Published: May 19, 2019 || Last updated: Aug 23, 2020 by Farrukh Aziz

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    Chicken Pakora - It's crazy crisp, spicy and the easiest Indian chicken fritter you will ever make. A perfect gluten-free chicken appetizer, ready only in 15 minutes! If you really love tea time snacking, this chicken recipe is for you. Here is how to make chicken pakora recipe step by step.

    Close up shot of chicken pakora on parchment lined paper.

    Chicken Pakora

    Chicken pakora is a beautifully spiced, flour coated and deep fried tiny bite sized boneless chicken fritters. The flour coating is of besan (chickpea or gram flour) and rice flour. The real crispness come from rice flour. And, it is tender, juicy and oh so flavourful within.

    Made with basic ingredients, this pakoda has all the factors that will bowl you over. Delicate flavours of curry leaves, coriander leaves, onions and spice powders when coalesce with tender chicken chunks, an upshot is divine!

    A delight that you can have it during your evening tea time or as a mid meal snack. Grab cup of hot tea, and enjoy this absolutely yummy Indian style chicken fritters with your family. It tastes best when hot and crisp.

    Plus, these chicken pakoras serves all the purpose easily. Serve it as a side dish to dal-chawal, khichdi or any simple meal. Or, design it in a menu as a starter to get togethers, parties, kittys, family potlucks or as an Iftar snack during Ramadan.

    You may find various version of chicken pakoras. Namely, Andhra style, Oriya style, Bengali style, Punjabi Style, North Indian style, street style and so on. But this recipe that I am sharing with you all is just MY style chicken pakora recipe. 🙂

    Didn't I tell you in my last post that Bangalore is raining good these days? Well, that is the another reason to binge on these crunchy pakoras, it will uplift your mood in seconds. And I mean it!

    Crispy chicken pakora or chicken fritters on parchment lined paper, tea glass at the back.

    Few Do's and Don'ts To make perfect Chicken Pakoras

    First, after washing the chicken chunks, drain all the water from it.

    I would recommend you  to use only boneless chicken bits for the recipe. However, you can go on ahead with chicken on bones, cooking time may vary.

    Always chunk the chicken into bite sized cubes.

    Add chillies to the recipe as per your heat preference.

    Ensure that oil is hot enough before you slide the chicken chunks into it.

    Never fry chicken on smoky high flame, be sure to heat oil well and then reduce the flame to medium high.

    After you slide-in the chicken chunks into hot oil, do not disturb or stir them immediately. Allow them to fry as it is for a minute and then you can gently stir it once or twice until done.

    Do not fry chicken pakora on very low flame as it may not turn as crispier absorbing lot of oil and become soggy.

    Lastly, do not overload a pan while frying the pakoras, do this in batches.

    Serving the hot and crisp Pakodas

    Sprinkle some chaat masala and little red chilli powder along with some lemon juice on pakoras. Serve it either as is or with some ketchup or nice red or green chutney along with a cup of hot tea or coffee.

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    How To Make Chicken Pakora Recipe - Step by Step

    To start with, clean and wash chicken chunks well and drain the water completely.

    Bite sized boneless chicken cubes in white bowl to make chicken pakora recipe

    Now, add ginger paste, garlic paste, sliced onion, roughly torn curry leaves, chopped coriander leaves, salt, roasted cumin powder, garam masala powder, chopped green chillies, lemon juice, egg white and salt. Mix everything very well.

    Onion, ginger garlic paste, curry leaves, chopped coriander, green chilies and spice powders added in bowl.

    Cover and set it aside for 5 minutes.

    Marinated chicken cubes in white bowl.

    Meanwhile, heat enough oil in a deep pan.

    Oil heating in deep pan.

    Then, add gram flour (besan) and rice flour.

    Gram flour or besan and rice flour added in bowl.

    Mix the both the flours well. If mixture is too dry to coat, then add only 1-2 tbsp of water and mix.

    Chicken pakora mixture in bowl ready to fry.

    Once the heats up well, slide-in the chicken chunks and allow it fry undisturbed for a minute. Then, stir it and fry on medium high flames until golden and crisp.

    Crisp fried chicken pakora on ladle.

    Take them out onto an absorbent paper. Repeat the same for remaining chicken. Chicken Pakora is ready to serve. Sprinkle some chaat masala, some red chilli powder, lemon juice and serve.

    Fried chicken pakora on absorbent paper on plate, ready to serve.

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    Close up shot of chicken pakora on parchment lined paper.
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    Chicken Pakora

    This chicken pakora is crazy crisp, spicy and the easiest Indian chicken fritter you will ever make. A perfect gluten-free chicken appetizer, ready only in 15 minutes! If you really love tea time snacking, then this chicken recipe is for you.
    Course Appetizer, Snacks
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 5 minutes
    Cook Time 10 minutes
    Total Time 15 minutes
    Servings 3
    Calories 239kcal
    Author Farrukh Aziz

    Ingredients
     

    • 250 g Boneless Chicken breast (Cut in bite sized cubes)
    • ¾ tsp Garlic Paste
    • ¾ tsp Ginger Paste
    • ¼ tsp Turmeric Powder
    • 1 tsp Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder
    • ¾ tsp Roasted Cumin Powder
    • ½ tsp Garam Masala Powder
    • 2 Green Chilies (Chopped)
    • 8-10 Curry Leaves (Roughly torn)
    • 1 tbsp Coriander Leaves (Finely chopped)
    • 1 Onion (Small sized, sliced)
    • 1 Egg White
    • 2 tbsp Chickpea Flour
    • 1 tbsp Rice Flour
    • Juice of One lemon
    • Salt to taste
    • Oil to deep fry
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    Instructions

    • Clean and wash chicken well and drain the water completely.
    • Add chicken cubes in a bowl
    • Add all the ingredients except flours and oil. Mix everything very well.
    • Cover and set it aside for 5 minutes.
    • Meanwhile, heat enough oil in a deep pan.
    • Then, add gram flour (besan) and rice flour.
    • Mix the both the flours well. If mixture is too dry to coat well, then add 1-2 tbsp of water only and mix.
    • Once the heats up well, slide-in the chicken chunks and allow it fry undisturbed for a minute. Then, stir it one and fry on medium high flame until golden and crisp.
    • Take them out onto an absorbent paper. Repeat the same for remaining chicken.
    • Chicken Pakora is ready to serve. Sprinkle some chaat masala, some red chilli powder, lemon juice and serve.

    Notes

    • Always use bite sized chicken cuts for this recipe.
    • Adjust the spice level as per you preference.
    • You can add cornflour instead of rice flour.
    • You can add whole egg to the chicken if you prefer. 
    • Furthermore, you can substitute egg white or whole to 2 tablespoons of yogurt for the above measure.
    • If needed, add one 1-2 tablespoons of water only.
    • In case if chicken mixture turns too watery, add some more chickpea flour and rice flour. Excessive moisture in the mixture will in turn give soggy and soft pakoras and not the crispy ones. So, I would highly recommend you to add 1 tbsp of water at a time. 
    • Do not fry chicken on very low flame or on very high flame in smoky hot oil. Once the oil heats up well, maintain the medium high flame throughout.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 239kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 53mg | Sodium: 219mg | Potassium: 420mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 125IU | Vitamin C: 61.1mg | Calcium: 24mg | Iron: 0.7mg
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    1. Jaffer Hussain

      October 25, 2021 at 6:53 am

      5 stars
      I am hotelier through my life and i was looking for good Chicken Pakora Recipe and bumped into your website, surprised to see its very neatly organized, with pictures and point by point recipe, amazed. Fantastic, keep up the good work. i will share your blog in Face book with my friends.
      Will try your recipe, this weekend.

      Reply
    2. Naihrita Bhattacharjee

      March 24, 2021 at 11:00 am

      5 stars
      I tried the recipe and it turned out to be absolutely delicious!

      Reply
      • Farrukh Aziz

        March 25, 2021 at 4:53 am

        Happy to hear this, thank you for the appreciation πŸ™‚ !

        Reply
    3. Dhm

      February 28, 2021 at 12:19 pm

      5 stars
      It's delicious! Is the calorie info for the whole thing? Or is it per 100g?

      Reply
    4. Dena

      September 09, 2020 at 9:23 pm

      5 stars
      Made these tonight and they turned out great. My husband was very impressed (I don’t normally cook) & my picky kids loved it too. Definitely making this again. The instructions & notes were spot on. Thank you.

      Reply
      • Farrukh Aziz

        September 11, 2020 at 1:28 am

        Hi Dena,
        You are welcome and thank you for your lovely feedback. I am glad your family loved these pakoras. πŸ™‚

        Regards,
        Farrukh

        Reply
    5. Aditi Dhara

      August 21, 2020 at 10:47 pm

      5 stars
      Forgot the rating.

      Reply
    6. Aditi

      August 21, 2020 at 10:42 pm

      Made this now... IT'S DELICIOUS!!
      Thanks for sharing 😊

      Reply
      • Farrukh Aziz

        August 22, 2020 at 4:26 am

        Thank you for you feedback, I am glad you loved it πŸ™‚ .

        Reply
    7. Debashis Barman

      January 16, 2020 at 9:53 am

      5 stars
      Delicious chicken pakora. I Really love to pakora and especially chicken pakora. This recipe is very simple and easy. Everyone can it at home. Thanks for sharing.
      But I have one question is there any ratio about gram flour and rice flour?

      Reply

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