Method 1 Grind together ginger and garlic into a paste, adding little water (1 tbsp / 15 ml) from time to time. In a bowl, mix besan and all other ingredients for pakora except oil. Add ginger-garlic paste. Mix well. Make 26 equal balls. Add oil in cooking pot and place it in the Smart Pot. 2 Saute-fry about 20 seconds . 3 Add onion. Mix. Cover and cook till golden brown, mixing occassionally (about 7 minutes). 4 Add ginger-garlic paste, green chillies, curry leaves. Saute about 2 minutes.Add turmeric, red chilli powder, ajwain, hing, and curd mixture with methi leaves. 5 Cover and simmer about 6 minutes. 6 Add lemon juice and coriander leaves. Mix. Add pakora and mix gently. Serve hot. 7 Heat oil about 8 minutes. 8 Add 13 pakora balls into hot oil. 9 Fry till pakora turns golden brown (about 6 minutes). 10 Remove and drain oil. Add remaining 13 pakora balls. 11 Fry till golden brown (about 6 minutes). 12 Remove and drain oil. Keep 3 tbsp (45 ml) oil in pot. Keep pakora covered. Grind ginger-garlic again, prepare curd-besan mixture, keep aside, and place cooking pot back in Smart Pot. 13 Heat oil about 2 minutes. 14 Add bay leaves, whole dry red chilli and cumin seeds.