Vegetable peel pakoras
Victoria Glass's ingenious vegetable peel pakoras are a wonderful solution to combatting food waste. Perfect served up as a starter for a vegetarian Indian feast, the crisp fritters are full of aromatic spices. Check out Victoria's other tasty ways of using up fruit and vegetable peel here.
Ingredients
- 250g of vegetable peel , a mix of anything from potato, carrot and parsnip to sweet potato and pea pods, finely chopped
- 1 onion , finely chopped
- 1 inch piece ginger , finely chopped
- 1/2 lemon , juiced
- 1 tsp fine sea salt
- 1/2 tsp dried chilli flakes , or 2–3 birds eye chillies, finely chopped
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 100g of gram flour
- sunflower oil, for frying
- flaky sea salt
- coriander leaves , finely chopped
Method
1
Put the onion and vegetable peelings in a large bowl. Squeeze over the lemon juice and scatter over the ginger, spices and salt and thoroughly toss together
2
Sift the gram flour over the top and toss together, then leave to stand for 15 minutes before stirring again. The vegetables should have released enough of their liquid to ensure the aromatic gram flour clings to them, but you can add a splash of water if needed
3
Heat 3 inches of sunflower oil in a heavy-based saucepan until it reaches 180°C or until a small piece of bread sizzles when dropped into the oil
4
Working in batches, carefully lower tablespoons of the mixture into the hot oil and fry for about 5–6 minutes, turning them over halfway through cooking, or until the pakoras are crisp and a deep golden colour
5
Remove from the pan using a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper. Sprinkle with flaky sea salt and coriander before serving
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