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onion Pakoda

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onion Pakoda


Onion Pakoda is a very popular snack recipe which can be prepared in just 5-10 minutes. In Mumbai, it is known as "Kanda Bhaji". It is also a popular tea time snack and tastes great with green chutney or ketchup or as it is. This very simple and easy onion pakoda recipe is from a friend. Today we will learn how to prepare South Indian Onion Pakoda following this easy recipe:


How to make Onion Pakoda

Prep time -under 5 mins
Yields - 10-12 pakodas

Ingredients needed

Onion - 1/4 cup sliced lengthwise
Gram flour/kadalai mavu/besan -1/3 cup + 1 tsp
Rice flour -2 1/2 tbsp
Chilli powder -3/4 tsp
Hot oil - 1 tsp
Hing - a pinch
Salt as needed

Oil for deep frying pakoras

Preparation

Cut onion thinly lengthwise and keep it aside.


In a bowl, mix together onion, salt, gram flour, rice flour, chilli powder, 1 tsp hot oil and hing. Add approximately 4 tsp of water and mix well. After mixing, it will be as shown in the picture below.



Method

Heat oil in a kadai. To check if the oil is hot enough to fry the pakodas, drop a little batter into the oil, if the batter raises to the surface immediately, the oil is ready for frying the pakodas.

Reduce the heat to medium, take a little prepared pakoda batter and drop it into the oil as shown in the picture below. Do not make balls or shape it, this pakoda should be shapeless.



Fry until golden brown, stirring in between. Remove it from the oil and drain excess oil on a colander or paper towel.

Serve onion pokoda with a hot cup of tea, coffee or South Indian Filter coffee.

Note - Rice flour should be half the quantity of gram flour/besan.




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[h=1]Chilli Bajji/ milagai Bajji recipe[/h]
Prep Time: 10 mins | Cook time: 10 mins | Makes: 4
[h=3]Ingredients[/h]
Ooty bajji chilli (light green in colour and big)4
Besan/ kadala maavu1/2 cup
Rice flour1/4 cup
Corn flour (optional)1 tsp
Cooking soda (sodium bi carb)3 pinches
Asafoetida1/8 tsp
Ajwain(omam) or jeera1 tsp
Red chilli powder1/2 tsp
Salt & waterAs needed
Hot oil (optional)1 tblsp
Oilfor deep frying

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Method​
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  1. Wash the chillies and pat dry with clean kitchen towels. Slit them each lengthwise with a pairing knife (small knife), without completely split them into two. Carefully remove the seeds inside completely with the help of the knife. Just scrap away the seeds with the knife.
  2. In a mixing bowl, mix gram flour, rice flour, red chilli powder, sodium bi carb, asafoetida, salt, corn flour and hot oil if using, ajwain or jeera. Add water little by little and mix well with a whisk and make a thick batter. The batter should easily coat the chillies, not too thick.
  3. Mean while, heat enough oil to fry the bajjis in a kadai. Dip one by one the chillies and drop carefully in to hot oil. Cook both sides for 2 minutes a side or until golden brown and crisp. Once done, drain in paper towels
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  5. [h=4]Notes[/h]
      • If you are not comfortable of slitting without splitting and taking out the seeds, then you can slit and split into two each chilli and take out the seeds easily.
      • Seeds should be removed completely for reducing the spiciness. Otherwise it will be too spicy and no good for your tummy too.
      • The batter should be in correct consistency so that it spreads over the chillies easily and forms a thin layer. If the coating is too thick, i.e; if the batter is too thick, it will take time to cook and the bajjis inside will not get cooked.
      • Cook in medium flame to ensure the bajjis get cooked inside.
      • Mix the batter and keep it ready, once the oil is hot, you can add a laddle full of hot oil carefully in the batter and mix. This is to avoid sucking of oil in the bajji.
      • If your chilli is still spicy after removing the seeds, then you can keep it immersed in water mixed with salt and a lemon squeezed in it.
      • Bachelors can try the same with ready made bajji mix.
      • Serve immediately, hot hot, with thick coconut chutney the best, remember, if its not hot, its not molaga bajji, its paper bajji
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        . I had it with chutney, tea (which is said to be the perfect combination) and rusk. But when I was a kid, I used to have aavin icecream after bajji
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