Methi Saager Bora Recipe (Fenugreek Leaves Pakoda)
Madhushree Dutta
Recipe to make crispy Methi Saager Bora easily. Simple ingredients, instructions, and equipment to prepare tasty Bengali-style Fenugreek Leaves (Methi Patar) Fitters at home.
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 10 minutes mins
Total Time 20 minutes mins
Course Appetizer, Snack
Cuisine Bengali, Indian
1 Induction Cooktop
1 Kadhai
- 2½-3 cup Methi Saag Fenugreek Leaves; chopped
- 1 Onion medium
- 2-3 Green chilis or according to heat tolerance
- 3-4 tbsp Besan or Gram Flour
- 1½-2 tsp Rice Flour
- ½ tsp Turmeric Powder
- ½ tsp Red Chili Powder
- 1 pinch Baking Soda
- ¾ tsp Black Cumin Seeds or Nigella seeds
- Salt to taste
- Chat Masala powder
- Water
- Vegetable oil
Prepare the Methi Leaves
First, wash the Methi leaves thoroughly.
Shake off the excess water and chop them roughly.
Prepare the veggies
Next, wash the onion and the green chilis.
Next, chop the onion.
Next, finely chop the green chilis.
Prepare the Methi Saager Boras
Now, take a large mixing bowl and add the chopped Methi leaves, onion, and green chilis.
To this, add the gram flour, rice flour, turmeric powder, red chili powder, nigella seeds, baking soda, and salt to taste.
Combine and mix everything nicely.
Add a little bit of water and mix again.
Add water as needed. The mixture should be thick and everything should come together like a dough.
Take a taste test and add salt if needed.
Fry the Methi Saager Boras
Now, take a deep frying pan or a kadhai and add vegetable oil.
Let the oil heat until it smokes a little.
Next, take small portions of the Methi leaves mixture and drop them gently into the oil. Keep the flame on medium.
Fry them from all the sides until golden brown.
Do this in batches and when done, transfer the boras onto a kitchen tissue-covered plate. This will soak off the excess oil.
Keyword Bengali Recipe, Homemade Recipes, Street Food Recipe, Veg Recipes