PAT PATAR BORA | PAT SHAKER PAKORA | JUTE LEAVES FRITTERS | PAT PATAR PAKORA

PAT PATAR BORA | PAT SHAKER PAKORA | JUTE LEAVES FRITTERS | PAT PATAR PAKORA

Pat Patar Bora or Pat Shaker Pakora is another classic Bengali bora or pokora recipe which is being extinct with time. It is simple Jute Leaves Fritters with young jute greens and homemade batter. It’s crispy, crunchy and delicious, perfect for your evening tea on a ‘rainy-day’ or  lunch time with  rice and dal .

Pat Shaker Bora is a fine example of combining simplicity and skills in cooking technique. The fresh young leaves are preferred for this particular recipe due to their firmness. The whole leaves are washed, cleaned and dried with kitchen towels to remove any drops of water. Then a simple pakora batter is prepared just by mixing few basic ingredients like besan, all purpose flour, rice flour and seasoning. Whole leaves are dipped in batter and fried in hot oil and Pat Patar Bora is ready to serve with kasundi.

INGREDIENTS

• Pat Pata or Pat Shak: 1, 
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• small unit
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• For batter:
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• Maida/all-purpose flour: 4 tbsp
• Besan/bengal gram flour: 2 tbsp
• Rice flour: 2 tbsp
• Turmeric powder: ½ tsp
• Red chili powder: ½ tsp
• Roasted cumin powder: ½ tsp
• Posto/ poppy seed :1 tsp
• Salt: 1 tsp
• Water: ½ cup
• Oil for deep frying, at least 500 ml or 2 cups.
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