Last Updated on April 2, 2022 by Sultana Parvin
Do you like to eat crispy snacks at your teatime? Crispy Cauliflower Bites is a delicious and healthy recipe that you can prepare with few ingredients and less time. Its’ common name is pakora in Bangladesh/Indian Cuisine. And Pakora is favorite to everyone. There are many kinds of pakora like vegetable pakora, cabbage pakora, potato pakora, spinach pakora, etc. This article will tell you about the best way to prepare this vegetable for healthy snacks and dishes like crispy cauliflower bites.
Pakora (pronounced [pəˈkɔːɽa]) is a spiced fritter originating from the Indian subcontinent,[1][2] sold by street vendors and served in restaurants in South Asia and worldwide.[5] It consists of items, often vegetables such as potatoes and onions, coated in seasoned gram flour batter and deep-fried.
The pakora is known also under other spellings including pikora, pakoda, pakodi and regional names such as bhaji, bhajiya, bora, ponako and chop.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakora
I have shared some of the pakora recipes in my blog. If you want to know more about snacks, you can visit for pakora recipes here.
I have shared many things in my writings. Today I am going to share another story of my family life.
We were used to living in Government Quarter. We had spent an enjoyable time with our neighbors and colleagues. Today I am talking about 18 years back. At that time I lived in 11 storied building. There were 4 wings on one floor. We had a very good intimacy with each other. All have small kids. Every day we had a get-together at 11 am in our open place. Our life started at 6:30 am. My husband went to the office at 7:30 am and the kids also went to school at 7:45 am. After that, we had finished our home chores then we sort out a time for our chit-chat. Some bought tea, some bought pakora, some bought cookies, some bought cake. Our other neighbors also joined us.
How to cook Cauliflower Crispy Bites?
Ingredients
- 1 cup cauliflower florets
- 2 tablespoon chickpea powder
- 1 tablespoon rice powder
- 1 tablespoon cornflour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- Salt as per taste
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon paprika,
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 2 cup sunflower oil for frying
Instructions
- Put rice flour, chickpea powder, cornflour, baking soda in a colander. Sieve the flour mixture. Beat egg in another bowl. Add salt, paprika powder, onion powder, and garlic powder to the egg. Beat gently. Add oil to the egg mixture. Add flour mixture to the egg mixture. Keep it aside with a cover. The batter consistency will be thick. Keep the batter for 2 hours. It will make it extra crispy.
- Meanwhile, cut cauliflower wings and take the head of cauliflower. Separate florets from the cauliflower head. Boil the florets until fork tender. Rinse water and place it in a kitchen towel so that extra water can be soaked.
- Heat oil in a pan. Dip boiled cauliflower florets into the batter and put them in hot oil. Fry with medium heat. Put one by one cauliflower into the oil and fry until golden brown or crispy. Take care so that the cauliflower florets will be separate from each other. After putting the florets, stir them and keep them separate with a
spoon. Otherwise, it becomes a stick with each other. - Take out the cauliflower bites and place them in a paper-lined tray so that extra oil can be absorbed.
Notes
You can make spinach
pakora by following this method. Just remember don’t boil the spinach. Mince
the spinach and add it to the batter. Then keep it for one hour and fry with
the medium beam.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 3 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 1382Total Fat: 152gSaturated Fat: 16gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 132gCholesterol: 62mgSodium: 436mgCarbohydrates: 6gFiber: 2gSugar: 1gProtein: 4g
We missed our golden time. We learned a lot of things from our chit-chat. By exchanging our cooking knowledge, sewing knowledge, life experiences we learned many things from each other. That was a golden time which I missed a lot. I have learned and shared many recipes with them.
“Sorry, there´s no magic bullet. You gotta eat healthily and live healthy to be healthy and look healthy. End of story.” ― Morgan Spurlock
Preparation time | 10 minutes |
Cooking time | 10 minutes |
Total time | 20 minutes |
Servings | 3 |
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Ingredients for Keto Crispy Cauliflower Bites
Do you know that cauliflower can be prepared in many ways? This article will tell you about the best way to prepare this vegetable for healthy snacks and dishes like keto crispy cauliflower bites. Among the lots of cauliflower recipes keto crispy cauliflower bites are one of the easiest snack recipes. You can prepare it with a few ingredients. Anyone can prepare it.
- 1 cup cauliflower florets
- 2 tablespoon chickpea powder
- 1 tablespoon rice powder
- 1 tablespoon cornflour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- Salt as per taste
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon paprika,
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 2 cup sunflower oil for frying
How to make cauliflower bites Crispy
Are you looking for a delicious recipe that is low carb, keto-friendly, and helps reduce cholesterol levels? Here is a simple recipe on how to make crispy cauliflower bites.
Cauliflower is a vegetable that is full of nutritional value and it is often used in low-carbohydrate diets. This article talks about the benefits of cauliflower, which you can get by preparing this vegetable in different ways.
Step 1
Put rice flour, chickpea powder, cornflour, baking soda in a colander. Sieve the flour mixture. Beat egg in another bowl. Add salt, paprika powder, onion powder, and garlic powder to the egg. Beat gently. Add oil to the egg mixture. Add flour mixture to the egg mixture. Keep it aside with a cover. The batter consistency will be thick. Keep the batter for 2 hours. It will make it extra crispy.
Step 2
Meanwhile, cut cauliflower wings and take the head of cauliflower. Separate florets from the cauliflower head. Boil the florets until fork tender. Rinse water and place it in a kitchen towel so that extra water can be soaked.
Step 3
Heat oil in a pan. Dip boiled cauliflower florets into the batter and put them in hot oil. Fry with medium heat. Put one by one cauliflower into the oil and fry until golden brown or crispy. Take care so that the cauliflower florets will be separate from each other. After putting the florets, stir them and keep them separate with a spoon. Otherwise, it becomes a stick with each other.
Take out the cauliflower bites and place them in a paper-lined tray so that extra oil can be absorbed.
Serve the crispy cauliflower bites as a side dish with hot sauce or any other sauce whatever you like. I prepare to serve it with homemade tomato sauce. Do you want to know how to make homemade tomato sauce at home? I have shared that you can see Tomato Sauce Recipe here.
Note: You can use Deep Fryer for frying this pakora. I prepare Deep Fryer for frying crispy bites. For deep frying items deep fryer is the best option. Just set the timer as per your requirements and go for other chores. It is really amazing. These kitchen appliances make our days more easy and comfortable.
Tips: You can make spinach pakora by following this method. Just remember don’t boil the spinach. Mince the spinach and add it to the batter. Then keep it for one hour and fry with the medium beam.
The rest of the process is the same. You can cook cabbage pakora, vegetable pakora in the same process.
Cauliflower Health Benefits
The cauliflower is high in many vitamins and contains good amounts of folates, vitamin B5, vitamin B6, and thiamin. These vitamins are essential because they are needed externally to replenish the body and they play a role in fat, protein, and carbohydrate metabolism.
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