Romy Gill served up a tasty Aloo Bread Pakora with Mint Chutney and Chaat Masala on James Martin’s Saturday Morning.
The ingredients for the filling are: 125g potatoes, boiled and mashed, 1-2 green chillies, chopped, Small handful fresh coriander, chopped, 1 tsp red chilli powder or flakes, 1 tsp ground coriander and 1 tsp salt.
For the batter: 75g gram flour, 1 tsp baking powder, ½ tsp salt, 1 tsp ground cumin, ½ tsp turmeric, 1 tsp of ajwain seeds (bishops weed), 100ml water, Sunflower oil, to fry, 6 medium slices of white bread and 1 tsp chaat masala to sprinkle, before eating.
For the Mint Chutney: 50g fresh mint leaves, 4 spring onions, chopped roughly, 2-3 green chilies birds’ eye of similar, ½ juice of a large lemon, 1 tsp of zest of lemon, 2 tsp natural yoghurt, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp ground cumin and 60-75 ml water.
See recipes by Romy in her book titled: On the Himalayan Trail: Recipes and Stories from Kashmir to Ladakh available from Amazon now.