Pakoda, Bajji are the 2 most popular and easy to make evening snacks. If we have besan, rice flour, onion at hand, then its only minutes to make this spicy, crunchy Pakoda. A perfect tea time snack and a popular snack served in any restaurants, office pantries or street side shops!
Ingredients:
- 2 Onion Medium sized, sliced
- ½ Cup Gram Flour (Besan / Chickpea Flour) 1 Cup - 250ml
- ¼ Cup Rice Flour
- 1 tbsp Coriander Leaves
- Few Curry leaves
- ½ tsp Salt Adjust as needed
- ½ tsp Red Chili Powder
- 2 Cups Oil For Deep Frying
Instructions:
- Finely chop the onions lengthwise and keep it aside.
- Take a bowl and add besan flour, rice flour and salt, red chilli powder and mix well .
- Add onions, coriander leaves, curry leaves and mix well with hand. Do not add water.
- Try to mix the flours and coat them in the onions with hand pressure. If you feel very dry, just sprinkle very little water and mix well
- Heat oil in a pan for frying the pokoda. Add 2 teaspoon of hot oil to the pakoda mixture and mix well. When the oil is hot enough, take one hand full of pakoda mixture and gently drop it in oil.
- Do not add them as a bunch, try to split them while adding it in oil. Gently mix them with spatula and keep the flame in medium and fry them evenly on all sides. When the onions are fried nicely and the pakodas are crispy, remove them flame and place it in a paper towel to remove excess oil. Repeat the same steps for remaining pakoda mixture
- The yummy crispy onion Pakoda is ready to serve. Relish with hot tea/coffee!
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