Pakora
-Pakora (Hindi: पकोड़ा pakoṛā; Urdu: پکوڑا‎ pakodā; Punjabi: ਪਕੌੜਾ pakɒṛā; Bengali: পাকোড়া pakoṛā; Kannada: ಪಕೋಡ pakodā; Malayalam: ബജി baji; Tamil: பஜ்ஜி bajji; Telugu: పకోడీ pakōḍī; Marathi: भजी bhaji; Gujarati: ભજિયા bhajiyā) is a fried snack (fritter) found across South Asia.[1] Pakoras are created by taking one or two ingredients such as onion, eggplant, potato, spinach, plantain, paneer, cauliflower, tomato, chili pepper, or occasionally bread[2] or chicken and dipping them in a batter of gram flour and then deep-frying them. The most popular varieties are palak pakora, made from spinach, paneer pakora, made from paneer (soft cheese), pyaz pakora, made from onion, and aloo pakora, made from potato. When onions, on their own, are prepared in the same way, they are known as onion bhajji. A version of pakora made with wheat flour, salt, and tiny bits of potato or onion (optional) is called noon bariya (nūn=salt) (Hindi: नूनबरिया), typically found in eastern Uttar Pradesh in India.