Tindora Pakora Appetizer – Sybaritica

These Tindora Pakora consist of whole Tindora stuffed with a Green Chili Pickle before being deep-fried in a spicy Chick-Pea Flour batter.

• 6 – 8 Medium Tindora
• 1/2 Cup Chick-pea flour Besan
• 1 tsp. Crushed red Chilli
• 1 tsp. Ground Turmeric
• 1 tsp. Crushed Cumin seed
• 1/2 tsp. Nigella Kalonji
• 1/2 tsp. Salt
• 1/3 Cup Patak’s Chilli Pickle or Indian Pickle of your Choice.

• Add enough Water to the Chick-Pea Flour to make a batter, and stir in the salt and dry spices.
• Slit each Tindora in half lengthways, stopping just before the stem end, and stuff the inside with a teaspoon or so of Pickle.
• Heat Deep-frying Oil over a medium hot flame, then coat each Tindora with batter and deep-fry them until just tender and nicely golden.
• Serve with a dip of choice.