Pakodi Recipe (Street Style Onion Pakora)

Ingredients

• 1 ¼ cup onions thinly sliced
• ¾ tsp ginger garlic paste
• 2 green chilies chopped
• 10 mint /pudina leaves chopped finely,
• 1 sprig curry leaves chopped finely,
• 2 sprigs coriander leaves chopped finely,
• Salt as needed
• ¼ cup besan / gram flour
• 2 tbsps rice flour
• 2 tbsps corn flour
• ¼ to ½ tsp red chili powder
• 1/8 tsp turmeric / haldi
• ½ tsp ajwain (carom seeds, crushed)
• 1 tbsp oil very hot
• Oil for deep frying

Steps

Prepration

1. Wash and peel the onions, then cut them into thin slices. Chop the chilies, mint, coriander, and curry leaves. Combine the onions, salt, chilies, ginger garlic paste, and chopped leaves, mixing very well for 30 seconds. Leave aside for 10 mins.
2. Mix in the flours, chili powder, turmeric, and ajwain. If this is too dry, splash in a little water and mix to make a sticky dough.
3. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan. Once very hot, pour it into the mixture. Mix first with a spoon and then with your hand.

Making onion pakora

1. Get the oil hot in a deep kadai or fry pan. Drop small portions of the mixture into it once it is hot enough.
2. Keep the heat at medium and stir often as the pakodas fry to a golden, crunchy finish. Lift them onto a cooling rack. Cook the remaining pakodas in batches, keeping the oil medium hot.
3. Pair the onion pakoda with tea and serve while the pakoda is hot.