Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, Onion Pakoda (South Indian Crunchy and Light Pakodas). one of my favorites . For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look deliciou

The Ingredients need to make Onion Pakoda (South Indian Crunchy and Light Pakodas):

1. You need 2 cups of Onions (Thinly Sliced)
2. It’s 1 1/4 cup of Besan (Gram Flour)
3. You need 1 tbsp of Rice Flour or Corn Flour
4. You need To taste of Salt (As required)
5. You need 1 tsp of Ginger (Minced)
6. Prepare 1/4 tsp of Carom Seeds (Ajwain)
7. You need 3-4 of Green Chillies (Slited Half and then cut into inch piecesl)
8. It’s 1 Sprig of Curry Leaves (Chopped)
9. Prepare 2 tbsp of Coriander Leaves (Chopped)
10. It’s As needed of Oil (For Deep Frying)

Step 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 minute 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 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 fir 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 pakoda 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.

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