Onion Pakoda (South Indian Crunchy and Light Pakodas)
Onion Pakoda (South Indian Crunchy and Light Pakodas)

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To the onions, add the two flours, chili powder, grated ginger, green chillies, baking soda, curry leaves and salt to taste. Onion pakoda is one of the most popular & much loved snack especially during monsoon & cold winters. These are very commonly prepared in most Indian homes for an evening snack & is served with a cup of Masala tea.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have onion pakoda (south indian crunchy and light pakodas) using 10 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Onion Pakoda (South Indian Crunchy and Light Pakodas):
  1. Make ready 2 cups Onions (Thinly Sliced)
  2. Take 1 1/4 cup Besan (Gram Flour)
  3. Make ready 1 tbsp Rice Flour or Corn Flour
  4. Prepare To taste Salt (As required)
  5. Make ready 1 tsp Ginger (Minced)
  6. Take 1/4 tsp Carom Seeds (Ajwain)
  7. Prepare 3-4 Green Chillies (Slited Half and then cut into inch piecesl)
  8. Prepare 1 Sprig Curry Leaves (Chopped)
  9. Take 2 tbsp Coriander Leaves (Chopped)
  10. Prepare As needed Oil (For Deep Frying)

You can prepare Pakodas with various vegetables. To enhance the flavours and to take the recipe to the next level, add loads of fresh mint and coriander. Onion Pakoda is a famous street food from India! These deep fried, crispy, crunchy, golden brown bhajiyas are made with onions, chickpea flour & spices.

Steps to make Onion Pakoda (South Indian Crunchy and Light Pakodas):
  1. Slice the onions moderately thin and add them to a bowl. Add chillies and curry leaves to the same bowl.
  2. Add coriander leaves, salt and minced ginger to the bowl.
  3. Nicely squeeze the onions with your fingers few times without mushing them up. Leave it aside for 5 minutes. This helps the onions to release some moisture.
  4. Take a bowl. Add besan, ajwain and more salt if needed.
  5. Add rice flour to the besan bowl. Add in the onion mixture. Mix everything well to coat the onions with the flour. The mixture will be fairly dry at this moment.
  6. Add water 2 tbsps each time and mix the flour to make a moist mass of dough. The dough must be tight yet very moist and not soggy like batter else they absorb lot of oil while frying.
  7. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a kadai until very hot. Pour this to the dough. Immediately the oil will sizzle. Mix the dough with a spoon as the oil is very hot.
  8. Heat oil in the same kadai for deep frying the pakoda. Check if the oil is hot enough in the kadai by sliding a tiny piece of dough first. It has to rise and not sink in the oil. Next it should not brown too quickly. This is the right temperature. When the oil is hot enough, regulate the flame to medium high. Take a small amount of dough and make small pakoda with your fingers and slide them gently in the hot oil. Do not add too many pakodas. They should have some space to fry well.
  9. While frying, flip the pakodas occasionally for even frying. Fry them till they turn crisp and golden. Then transfer them to an absorbent tissue placed into a plate.
  10. Continue to make more onion pakoda in batches with the rest of the dough.
  11. Serve onion pakoda hot with a cup of tea or coffee. You can also serve them with ketchup or any sauce or chutney of your choice.

Take sliced onion in a large bowl. Add gram flour, rice flour, ginger, curry leaves, red chilli powder, baking soda, coriander leaves and salt. Onion pakoda not only pairs with tea or coffee, most of the houses we have it with rasam rice, curd rice and with any variety rice too. Onion pakoda is a versatile snack, which can be had in tea time, and the leftovers are consumed as the side dish for the rice at the dinner time. This is my FIL's favorite, He always asks me to make pakoras as the evening snack.

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