Dalia Pakora Recipe - Broken Wheat Pakora

Step 1: To begin making the Dalia Pakora Recipe, we will first cook the daliya

Step 2: Wash the daliya and set aside

Step 3: Heat a pressure cooker with 2 cups of water, add some salt to taste, cooking oil and the washed broken wheat

Step 4: Close the pressure cooker and pressure cook for 4-5 whistles

Step 5: Turn off the flame and allow the pressure to release naturally

Step 6: Once the pressure has released, open the pressure cooker to check if the broken wheat has cooked through and there is no water remaining

Step 7: If there is any water, place it on heat and keep stirring until it most of the water is evaporated

Step 8: Transfer the cooked broken wheat into the mixing bowl

Step 9: Set aside and allow it to cool

Step 10: Once the broken wheat has cooled, into the mixing bowl add, the besan, onion, coriander leaves, green chilli, salt, turmeric powder, cumin seeds, ajwain, cooking oil and water, as required to make a thick dalia pakora batter

Step 11: We need a thick batter, use just enough water to combine all the ingredients of the Dalia Pakora batter

Step 12: Heat a paniyaram pan on medium flame, drop a few drops of cooking oil in each of the cavities, once the pan and the oil is hot, quickly add in the eno fruit salt into the dalia pakora batter and give it a good mix

Step 13: Drop tablespoons full of the dalia pakora batter into each cavity and cook on medium-high heat, for a couple of minutes on each side

Step 14: Making sure the inside of the dalia pakora is well cooked and the outer covering is nice and crisp

Step 15: Drain the well fried dalia pakoras on an absorbent paper and serve hot

Step 16: Alternatively, you could also deep fry the dalia pakoras in a kadai

Step 17: Serve Dalia Pakora as a tea time snack along with Green Chutney, Date Tamarind Chutney and a steaming hot cuppa Adrak Chai