Onion pakoda

Name: Onion pakoda
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups onion thinly sliced, layers separated; 11/4 cup besan (or gram flour or chana dal flour; 1 tbsp cornflour or semolina or rice flour(optional); 1/2 tsp ginger finely chopped or grated (optional); to taste Salt; 1/4-1/2 tsp carom seeds (ajwain); 2-3 green chilli chopped; 1 spring curry leaves chopped or 2 tbsp coriander leaves; 10 mint leaves chopped(optional); as required Oil for deep frying

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Rimple Kataria @cook_15459146

#goldenapron
#post_14
#5pm

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Ingredients

2 cupsonion thinly sliced, layers separated
11/4 cupbesan (or gram flour or chana dal flour
1 tbspcornflour or semolina or rice flour(optional)
1/2 tspginger finely chopped or grated (optional)
to tasteSalt
1/4-1/2 tspcarom seeds (ajwain)
2-3green chilli chopped
1spring curry leaves chopped or 2 tbsp coriander leaves
10mint leaves chopped(optional)
as requiredOil for deep frying

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Steps

1

Add sliced onions, chopped ginger and green chilli, mint leaves and curry leaves to a bowl.Sprinkle salt evenly
2

Squeeze the onions a couple of times to begin releasing moisture. Set this aside for 5 minutes.
3

Sprinkle evenly flour; ajwain and little more salt.
4

Mix everytihng well.You will get a dry mixture now.
5

Sprinkle 2 tbsp water each time and mix the flour to make a moist dough.Do not pour water, just sprinkle to get the dough right.Sprinkle more water as needed.I used little over 1/4 cup but it depends on the amount of moisture your onions release.The mixture must be tight and not soggy or dripping otherwise they soak up lot of oil and will not turn crispy.
6

Heat oil in a pan till hot.Check if it is hot enough by dropping a small quantity of dough in the oil, it must rise and not sink..This is the right time to begin frying.Take small portions and drop them in the oil and fry stirring occasionally for even frying.
7

Fry the onion pakoda till golden and drain them on an absorbent paper or paper napkin.
8

Serve onion pakoda hot with a cup of tea or coffee.