Stuffed Bread Pakoda is a delicious, crispy and spicy snack. This is a popular street food of North India and particularly of Delhi and Punjab. Bread Pakoda’s are all-time favourite and can be enjoyed any time of the day.
This Bread Pakora is stuffed with boiled potatoes and is also known as bread bajji. I have added some vegetables to the stuffing to add more nutrition and fiber. Paneer can also be added to this stuffing. If you want to keep it simple then skip the vegetables and paneer. This sandwich is then dipped in besan batter (gramflour batter) and deep fried.
My memory goes long way back whenever I eat these yummy bread pakodas. My craze for bread pakoda grew more when I was studding in Delhi. Our college canteen served the best pakoda or maybe I liked it more as there were not many options also. I was staying in a hostel and this came as a reliever for my hunger often. Whenever I missed my breakfast or even for lunch as many a times I avoided going to the hostel. Whatever may be the reason I still love eating Bread Pakora.
Learn to make Stuffed Bread Pakoda by following my step by step directions and photos. You can also try our other bread recipes like Bread Ka Chilla (Bread And Gram Flour Pan Cake), Homemade Hot Dog (Vegetarian) and Suji Toast Or Rava Toast (Semolina Toast).
Yield: 4 pieces
Prep time: 20 minutes
Total time: 25 minutes
Ingredients For Stuffed Bread Pakoda
4 bread slices
1/3 cup green chutney (recipe here)
1/3 cup tomato ketchup
Oil for frying
For the stuffing
200 grams boiled and mashed aloo (potato)
1 carrot chopped fine
10 beans chopped fine
1 onion chopped fine
1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste
¼ teaspoon haldi (turmeric) optional
1 teaspoon dhania (coriander powder)
½ teaspoon chilli powder
1 teaspoon chat masala
1 teaspoon jeera (cumin) optional
Salt to taste
1 tablespoon oil
For the batter
1 cup besan (gram flour)
1 tablespoon rice flour (optional)
½ teaspoon ajwain (carom seeds)
A pinch of chilli powder
A small pinch of soda
Salt to taste
Water for making batter
Directions For Stuffed Bread Pakoda
Stuffing
- Heat oil in a pan; add jeera, then onions, ginger garlic paste and saute for a minute.
- Add beans, carrot, saute and cover and cook on low heat.
- Now add all the dry masalas and saute for a minute.
- Add the mashed potato and saute for 4 to 5 minutes.
- Switch off the heat; add coriander and lemon juice and mix. Set aside to cool till you prepare the batter.
Batter
- In a bowl mix all the ingredients mentioned for the batter. Make batter of medium consistency by adding water gradually as required. Stir well so that there are no lumps. Set aside.
How to proceed
- Cut the bread slices into two diagonally. Apply green chutney on 4 pieces and tomato ketchup on the rest on one side only.
- Now place the filling on the slice with chutney and cover with a slice with ketchup facing down. Press gently.
- Dip in the besan batter to cover all the sides and fry in medium hot oil till golden.
- Drain on absorbent paper.
- Serve with chutney or ketchup.
