CHICKEN CHEESE PAKORA

Finger licking good  pizza style pakora  , with surprise ingredients to pair with a piping hot cup of  chai..

             

There is a quote do not judge a book by its cover , that is we should not judge anything by the look of it,This is very well true in the case of this dish ,
Even if it looks like your old boring pakora This is not the same thing . it doesnt contain ingredients which we usually use for pakoras, yet it is crunchy ,lighter than air , flavour packed ,lip smacking fried goodness

 Pakoras usually contain gram flour , and masalas, but this one is entirely different , it is made with whole wheat and plain flour, and only spices added are chilly and pepper powders.yet it is amazingly flavourfull .

I have a serious confusion regarding whether I should call these crunchies pizza pakora because it has all the ingredients we normally ģet in a pizza such as cheese, chicken , capsicum, olives , etc

Melted cheese in the center with crunchy veggies makes it delectable and finger licking good.this is a crowd pleaser one and is sure to be a kiddy favourite.

          PIZZA STYLE CHEESY CHICKEN PAKORA



                       

Cuisine:fusion
Serves : 10-12 people
Preparation time :30 minutes
Cooking time : 15 minutes

INGREDIENTS

Whole wheat flour -1 cup
Plain flour - 1 cup
Baking powder - 2 tspns
Salt - 1 tspn
Chicken - 1/2 cup ( cooked and shredded)
Cheese - 4 cubes ( cut into bite sized pieces)
Capsicum - 1/2
Olives- 4-5 pitted
Onion  - 1/2
Coriander leaves-  a handful of leaves
Pepper powder-1/2 tspn
Chilly powder-2 tspns
Milk- 1 cup
Butter / vegetable oil - 3 tblspns
Egg - 1
Vegetable oil( for frying) - as required

PREPARATION

1.clean the chicken pieces, cook in a pressure cooker with little water, salt and pepper powder
Cool it and shred the pieces
2.Take  butter , cheese, milk, egg from the refrigerator and let it come to room temperature

NOTES

1.I have used chilly and pepper powders in the recipe .you can add chopped green chilly also if you want it spicier
2.i have used mixture of whole wheat and plain flours, u can either follow that or use plain flour alone
3. This batter can be refrigerated for one day .I made it consecutively for two days , and it came out perfectly both times

METHOD

1.first we are preparing the dry ingredients .
Sift both flours , baking powder , salt etc together and keep it aside

2.chop onion , capsicum,coriander, olives, cooked chicken pieces , and cheese

3.Next we are preparing the wet ingredients
Beat one egg lightly ,mix with 1 cup milk
Add Melted  butter/ oil   to the mixture

4 .Add chilly powder , pepper powder , to the wet ingredients

5.Add dry ingredients to the liquid mixture  , add the veggies , chicken we prepared .mix well to avoid lumps, don not add cheese to this mixture

6. Heat oil in a kadai ,
7.dip each cheese piece into the batter , giving  it a coating all around , scoop with a spoon ,fry it in hot oil  to golden brown .

7.serve hot with ketchup

Happy eating ..☺