Baby spinach leaves deep-fried in gram flour batter.
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Bengali, Indian
Keyword appetizers, fritters, spinach
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Servings 8
Calories 66kcal
Ingredients
1bagbag baby spinach
1cupgram flour
salt to taste
red chili powder to taste
1/4tspbaking soda
1/2cupof wateror more to create a pancake-like batter
Oil for deep frying
Instructions
Wash, clean and dry the spinach leaves.
Mix gram flour, salt, chili powder, baking soda and water in a bowl to form a smooth and thick paste, something like pancake batter consistency.
Heat sufficient oil for deep frying.
Stack 2-3 leaves of spinach together, stem side up. Holding the stems together, dip the spinach leaves in the batter to coat evenly and drop into hot oil. Flip after 1 minute. Remove onto absorbent paper when golden brown.