A common street food, it is made from bread slices, gram flour, and spices among other ingredients.

[1][2] The snack is prepared by dipping triangular bread slices in a spicy gram flour batter and frying them.

[4][5] It can be deep-fried or pan-fried, and is served with chutneys or ketchup.

[6] The word pakoṛā is derived from Sanskrit पक्ववट pakvavaṭa,[7] a compound of pakva ('cooked') and vaṭa ('a small lump') or its derivative vaṭaka, 'a round cake made of pulse fried in oil or ghee'.

[9] Bread pakora is made by frying a slice of bread dipped in a spiced gram flour batter.