pakora
/pəˈkɔːrə
/noun
(In Indian cooking) a piece of vegetable or meat, coated in seasoned batter and deep-fried.Vegetable koftas from white gram, dahi vadas, pakoras of spinach, fenugreek and onions have all been made possible by them without the use of any cooking medium....
- We learn now that trans-fats (vegetable-based oils heated to bubbling point) are deadly; so much for those pakoras and tempura vegetables.
- The starters we ordered, vegetable pakora and meat samosas, were excellent.
Origin
From Hindi pakoṛā, denoting a dish of vegetables in gram flour.