Pakora definition
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.
noun
In the cuisine of India, a small, spicy fritter containing pieces of vegetables or meat, made usually with a batter of chickpea flour and deep-fried.
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
pakora
Plural:
pakorasOrigin of pakora
- Hindi and Urdu pakoṛā from Sanskrit pakvavaṭaḥ pakva- past participle of pacati he cooks pekw- in Indo-European roots vaṭaḥ lump, ball of pulse fried in oil
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition