Quick and Easy Onion Pakora Recipe
Onion pakoras are never outdated even with so many fancy foods around. Just try it now.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Chick pea flour/ besan/ senaga pindi (సెనగపిండి)
- ½ cup Rice flour
- 3 Chillies
- 2 Onions (pyaz) big
- Few Curry leaves chopped
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- Salt as per taste
- Oil for deep frying
Instructions
- Wash the onions and slice them lengthwise and place in a mixing bowl.
- Finely chop the chillies and curry leaves and transfer to the mixing bowl.
- Add salt and mix well with a spatula and keep aside for 10 mins.
- Adding salt will get the moisture out from the onions.
- Add chick pea flour (besan), rice flour and cumin. Mix them well altogether with hands while squeezing the onions. Add little water. Make a thick batter coating all the onions.
- In a thick bottomed pan heat oil for deep frying. Drop in a little amount of batter to the hot oil. If it rises immediately, then the oil is hot enough for the pakoras to be fried.
- Now using your fingers gently drop a spoonful of batter into the pan.
- Fry till golden brown while moving them intermittently and transfer to kitchen paper.
Notes
* Make sure the oil is very hot before you drop the pakoras into the oil. Keep the flame to medium while dropping the pakoras.
** You can also add ginger, coriander leaves to the batter. Red chilli powder can also be added if you want it little spicier.
*** The batter should neither be runny nor too thick.
**** Do not overcrowd the pan as the pakoras will not be cooked properly.