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Methi pakoda recipe, how to make methi pakoda

February 18, 2020 22 Comments

Methi pakoda, learn how to make a quick and easy snack using methi leaves and besan. Goes fabulous with Indian masala tea or coffee. Enjoy!

Methi Pakoda Recipe | How to Make Methi Pakoda Recipe | Step by Step

My love for methi or fenugreek leaves has been a badly kept secret around here. Starting from Methi Pulao to Aloo Methi to Methi Paratha to adding methi to Paneer Butter Masala, I have tried it all. I even made Methi Matar Malai last month and loved it! In spite of experimenting quite a lot with these aromatic, slightly bitter greens, I never seem to tire of them and buy a large fresh bunch of fenugreek leaves when I see them in the market.

After making another round of Methi Pulao, I had about 2 cups of methi leaves left and was wondering if I could make a quick snack with methi. Finally decided on these delicious Methi Pakodas which were meant to be a snack for tea but we practically finished it off as a side with rice and Pumpkin Kootu.

Methi Pakoda Recipe | How to Make Methi Pakoda Recipe | Step by Step

The flavour and bitterness of the methi leaves complement perfectly with the besan and onions and spices in the pakoda batter. These methi pakods don’t take longer than 15 mins from start to finish so make some if you are looking for a good recipe with fresh fenugreek leaves.

Also check out: 10 quick and easy snack recipes under 15 minutes

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Methi pakoda recipe
 
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Cook time
10 mins
Total time
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Methi Pakoda Recipe | Fenugreek Leaves Pakodas Preparation time: 5 minutes Cooking time: 10 minutes Serves 4
Author: nags
Recipe type: Appetizer
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 1 cup of fresh methi leaves, cleaned and chopped coarsely (see notes)
  • ¾ cup of besan / gram flour / kadalai maavu
  • 1 tsp of red chilli powder
  • ½ tsp of asafoetida / hing / perungaayam
  • 1 onion, sliced thin
  • ½ tsp of powdered jeera
  • ¼ tsp of ajwain / omam (optional)
  • 1 tsp of salt (adjust to taste)
  • 1 tbsp of rice flour or semolina / rava
  • 2-3 cups of oil for deep frying (depending on size of your pan)
Instructions
  1. Mix together besan, rava or rice flour, onions, salt, chilli powder, ajwain, jeera, and hing.
  2. Add enough water to make a thick batter that falls off your spoon with some resistance
  3. Mix in the methi leaves
  4. Heat oil for deep frying
  5. Using a tablespoon, add spoonfuls of pakoda batter into the hot oil
  6. Fry the pakoda until golden brown
  7. Drain and set aside on a plate lined with a kitchen towel
  8. Serve methi pakoda hot with ketchup or mint chutney
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Step by Step Pictures to Make Methi Pakoda:

1. Mix besan, onions, salt, chilli powder, ajwain, jeera, and hing well together

Methi Pakoda Recipe | How to Make Methi Pakoda Recipe | Step by Step

2. Add enough water to make a thick batter. Also mix in the methi leaves. The batter should be thick enough for you to form a loose, sticky ball with your fingers.

Methi Pakoda Recipe | How to Make Methi Pakoda Recipe | Step by Step

3. Drop spoonfuls of batter into the hot oil. You can also use your hands to drop small balls of batter into the oil. Don’t overcrowd the pan otherwise the oil temperature will drop too much and the pakods will drink too much oil.

Methi Pakoda Recipe | How to Make Methi Pakoda Recipe | Step by Step

4. Fry until golden brown, drain, and set aside. Proceed until you use up all the batter.

Methi Pakoda Recipe | How to Make Methi Pakoda Recipe | Step by Step

Notes:

  • Here’s a list of all Recipes with Methi Leaves I have shared in Edible Garden.
  • I find that chopping methi leaves releasing a lot of its bitter juices so you can add the methi leaves whole if you want (removed of stalks completely). This is for those of you who don’t like the bitterness of methi
  • You can also use a paniyaram pan to make the methi pakodas
  • Add these pakodas to khadi and you have some delicious Methi Pakoda Kadhi! Here’s my basic Kadhi Recipe if you want to go that route.

For methi pakoda recipe in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Urdu, etc please use the Google translate button in the sidebar.

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Comments

  1. Amit Pattnaik

    July 8, 2018 at 5:50 pm

    Interesting recipe, The pakodas do look really enticing. Now that the monsoon is here, the evenings (especially those of the weekends) call for such hot and spicy pakodas.. What could be better than just sitting by the balcony and enjoying the rains, sipping hot tea and such pakodas. Thank you so much for the recipe 🙂

    Reply
  2. DEESHA

    March 5, 2013 at 8:38 pm

    I must make this. The pics are so so good

    Reply
  3. Jeyashrisuresh

    March 5, 2013 at 2:13 pm

    Very tempting pakodas nags, I always love to add this in kadhi. Loved ur font

    Reply
  4. Sanjeeta kk

    March 5, 2013 at 7:49 am

    Methi in chapattis, methi in Daal..methi in pakoras..methi does real magic in any dish it is added. Lovely pictures!

    Reply
  5. aromaticencounters

    March 5, 2013 at 5:48 am

    yumm yummmmm…one of my fav tea time snack

    Nags, looks like you din't add baking soda here. Even I dnt like the taste of soda but will the pakoras be that fluffy?

    And, rice flour/suji will add some crisp, thats the purpose, right?

    Reply
    • Nagalakshmi V

      March 5, 2013 at 6:06 am

      yes the rice flour or sooji is to make the methi pakoda a bit more crisp. i didn't add any soda to this methi pakoda recipe

      Reply
  6. divya

    March 4, 2013 at 10:40 pm

    slurp, drooling here rite now, very tempting pakoras.

    Reply
  7. Anonymous

    March 4, 2013 at 2:25 pm

    Hey Nags, try gujarati style methi pakoda….actually we call it methi na gota….It is really yummy!

    Reply
  8. Rashida Shaikh

    March 4, 2013 at 1:04 pm

    We usually make methi pakode with soaked and grounded split gram peas, and they taste yum-yum. Your first click is tempting me now…:)

    Reply
  9. dassana

    March 4, 2013 at 12:14 pm

    i always have methi leaves stored in the fridge and i add them to dal, rice or rotis. i make the pakoras in a similar way.

    Reply
  10. runnergirlinthekitchen.blogspot.com

    March 4, 2013 at 11:46 am

    A snack i could have anytime!

    Reply
  11. Charul @ Tadka Masala

    March 4, 2013 at 6:07 pm

    Yummy looking pakoras, you made me crave for them! 🙂

    Reply
  12. WeR SAHM

    March 4, 2013 at 9:17 am

    Super yummy…making feel hungry…love this pakoras….

    Reply
  13. prathibha Garre

    March 4, 2013 at 9:13 am

    Love the methi pakoras and I even add it to kadhi pakora sometimes instead of the regular onion ones.

    Reply
  14. Sharmilee! :)

    March 4, 2013 at 3:07 pm

    Pakoda with methi is a interesting twist..lovely wooden bowl!

    Reply
  15. Priya

    March 4, 2013 at 7:06 am

    I dont bother to grab and have rite now,beautiful fritters.

    Reply
  16. APARNARAJESHKUMAR

    March 4, 2013 at 6:46 am

    this shows your love towards methi 🙂 lovely presentation !

    Reply
  17. notyet100

    March 4, 2013 at 6:12 am

    Umm delicious,…perfect with a bowl,of dal chawal….

    Reply
  18. Veena Theagarajan

    March 4, 2013 at 5:06 am

    I want to have for tea snack

    Reply
  19. Sangeetha Nambi

    March 4, 2013 at 4:47 am

    Wow ! What a crispy tea time muncher…

    Reply
  20. Hari Chandana

    March 4, 2013 at 4:46 am

    This looks absolutely mouthwatering.. and the pictures are gorgeous.. love it 🙂

    Reply
  21. RAKS KITCHEN

    March 4, 2013 at 6:47 am

    I have tasted this once, never tried at home, so tempting!

    Reply

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