Pakora is a type of Indian cuisine or Pakistani cuisine created by taking ingredients such as chicken, onion, eggplant, potato, spinach, cauliflower, tomato, and chilli, dipping them in a batter of gram flour and then deep-frying them. They are usually served as snacks or appetitizers. They can be eaten as starters in restaurants. When onions are so fried they are also known as onion bhujia, or bhaji.

In Pakistan, Muslims make pakora in Iftari dinner in the holy month of Ramadan. Pakora is a common snack in Pakistan

In Scotland, pakoras are sold in fast food takeaways as an alternative to chips or a kebab during the evening and early morning.

Pakoras are eaten as snacks with tea in India and Pakistan