Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A deep-fried fritter made of vegetables or meat dipped in a chickpea batter, served as an appetizer or a snack in South Asian cuisine.
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- noun A piece of
vegetable deepfried in abatter flavoured withspices .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Kashif's mother fries a Pakistani potato dish called pakora on the stove.
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Kashif's mother fries a Pakistani potato dish called pakora on the stove.
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To alleviate the pain of this shocking discovery, the man offered us one of his methi pakora, an Indian fritter made from chickpea flour, or as the owner liked to call it - “Indian falafel”.
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The usual suspects are there, along with some nice surprises like gobhi pakora (fried cauliflower) and paneer pakora (fried cheese).
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All are $4.00 for a nice size order, and they also serve up a mixed pakora, which seems like the way to go.
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Sortof like a cross between a samosa and a pakora ..
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The soup station has been replaced with a samosa and pakora center, and possibly the biggest improvement, boring deli sandwiches, swapped out for kati rolls & naan wraps.
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Sometimes you want to sit down and dive into a plate of lamb vindaloo, and sometimes you want to try the pakora, or aloo gombi or something else I haven't tried instead.
Reading is My Buffet Table wendigomountain 2008
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Pakoda are vegetables covered in gram flour batter and then deep fried, known more commonly in the states as “pakora”
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A multi-purpose condiment you can serve it alongside most Indian snacks like pakora and dosa.
Weekend Herb Blogging #164 - Recap Haalo 2009
yarb commented on the word pakora
Deep-fried snack of subcontinental origin.
November 22, 2007
sonofgroucho commented on the word pakora
Yum, yum!
November 27, 2007