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Onion Pakoras
Ingredients
Chick pea flour-1 cup
Rice flour-1/2 cup
Baking powder-1/2 teaspoon
Asafoetida (Hing)-1/2 teaspoon
Coriander (Dhania) powder-1 teaspoon
Cumin seeds (Jeera)-1/2 teaspoon
Turmeric (Haldi)-1/2 teaspoon
Kashmiri Red Chilli powder–1/2 tea spoon (Recommended for colour, but if you like your dish to be really spicy, use some other hotter red chilli powder)
Salt-1/2 teaspoon or to taste
Water-1 cup (approximately)
Sliced (and peeled) Onions-4
Oil for deep frying (quantity would depend on the size of your wok)
Method
Leaving out the onions and the oil, mix all the other ingredients well.
Add the water and beat until smooth and light. The batter should be of a thin coating consistency.
Set it aside for at least 15 minutes. This helps the flour to absorb the water well and attain a thicker consistency.
If it becomes too thick, you may add a little more water and beat well.
Now add the onions to this batter.
Heat oil in a frying pan or wok.
When the oil starts smoking, take the mixture with the onion slices, a tablespoonful at a time, and drop into the hot oil.
Be careful of the splatter that follows.
You will find that the fritters swell up.
Gently turn them around and take out from the oil when they are nice and golden brown.
Remove to a dish which is covered with a paper napkin to help absorb all the excess oil.
Repeat till all the fritters/pakoras are fried.
Enjoy with any of the chutneys, especially the mint chutney.
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 3 minutes @ each batch
Total time: Approximately 30 minutes
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Translated by Carole Bouldy-Cullerier
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