Name: Vrat Ke Palak Pakore-Air Fryer Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 2 cups finely chopped spinach (firmly packed); 4 tbsp water Chestnut Flour/Singoda Atta; 1 tbsp Tapioca Flour; 1/2 tsp minced ginger; 1/4 tsp Red Chili powder/lal mirch powder; Salt as per taste (I used little less than 1/2 tsp); 1/2 tsp lemon juice; 1 tbsp oil

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Vrat Spinach pakoras made in an Air Fryer in just a spoonful of oil are healthy and low fat. Made with Water chestnut/Singoda flour and tapioca flour, these pakoras are gluten free and vegan. Usually vrat pakoras involve the use of potatoes. Here I have tried to make a very healthy pakora which is low in carbohydrates by using only spinach.

I have previously shared how to make vrat aloo pakoras the traditional way, this pakora recipe is meant for those trying to watch their carb and calorie intake. This is the first Air Fryer recipe that I am sharing. I have had my Air Fryer for a few months now and I have been experimenting with different recipes which I hope to share soon. These pakoras can be use in Vrat ki pakore wali kadhi as well.

Some other healthy and low fat recipes for fasting are Hariyali Sabudana Appe , Vrat ke Dahi Vade in Appe Pan, Sabudana Appe with Paneer and Cashew filling. Rajgira Aloo Paratha, No Onion Garlic Paneer ki Sabzi and Badaam ki Barfi with Almond Flour. Some people refrain from spinach while fasting, if that is the case, use very finely chopped or grated potatoes instead of spinach.

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Vrat Ke Palak Pakore-Air Fryer Recipe

Aanchal Gupta

Vrat Spinach pakoras made in an Air Fryer in just a spoonful of oil are healthy and low fat. Made with Water chestnut/singoda flour and tapioca flour, these pakoras are gluten free and vegan.

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Total Time 15

Servings -12 pakoras

Ingredients

2 cups finely chopped spinach firmly packed
4 tbsp water Chestnut Flour/Singoda Atta
1 tbsp Tapioca Flour
1/2 tsp minced ginger
1/4 tsp Red Chili powder/lal mirch powder
Salt as per taste I used little less than 1/2 tsp
1/2 tsp lemon juice
1 tbsp oil

Instructions

Chop spinach
Add salt,ginger,chili powder and lemon juice and mix well/massage the chopped spinach with hands so it releases water
Add water Chestnut/Singoda flour and Tapioca flour
Bring everything together like a dough.
Add oil and mix well
Spray or oil the air fryer basket and place small pakoras directly on the basket.
Spray or brush oil(optional) on the pakoras
Cook in Air Fryer at 370 for 5 min
Flip the pakoras,spray or brush oil(optional)
Cook again for 5 min
You may cook a few minutes more if you like it extra crisp
Serve with chatni

Notes

If you like it crisper add a couple more minutes of cooking time. I air fried for 10 minutes as I had made these a little ahead of time for our evening snack. I warmed the pakoras for 3-4 minutes when we were ready to eat. Air Fryers vary-Its better to cook for a shorter time and add on more minutes if needed for crisper pakoras. My Air fryer is preset to 370F. No water is added to the batter, so add the flours cautiously, we don’t want a very thick batter as the pakoras will be dry nor do we want a runny batter as the batter will flow through the holes in the Air Fryer basket.

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Here is the step by step pictorial recipe-

Ingredients