After a crazy busy day today, I came home to find that I had nothing for dinner and had to make something for the last BM. I had my day planned out differently and it turned out quite different. I was going to be baking something for the BM and I had everything lined up only to find that I had no flour in the house. I had an appointment soon and had no time to run to the store, so I had to cancel my plan and think of something else to make. I came back home much later than I expected and had only about 45 minutes before I had to run out again on my evening rounds with my boys. So I decided to make this quick pakora from the famous Mallika Badrinath’s - Snack’s special book. This pakora was a lifesaver as it filled up my kid for his evening run and I was also able to leave some for my husband to eat once he got back from work. The pakoras took me only about 20 minutes to make from start to finish. So here it goes as my last-day post for the Evening snacks category. The onion pakoras were sweet and spicy and I served them with some green chutney and sweet chutney.Preparation time – 5 minsCooking time – 20 minsDifficulty level - easy
Ingredients to make Onion Pakoda – Serves 4 as a snack
Kadalai maavu/besan/chick pea flour- 1 cup Rice flour – ½ cup Onion – 1 large (finely chopped) Green chilies – 2 (thinly cut) Ghee – 2 tsp Baking soda – a pinch Salt – to taste Red chili powder – 1 tsp Oil – to deep fry Cilantro – a few (finely chopped)
Procedure to make Onion Pakora –
In a wide bowl, add the baking soda to 2 teaspoon of ghee. Using your fingers rub the soda in the ghee until it turns white and frothy.
Mix the flour, red chili powder, and salt in another bowl. Add this to the ghee mixture and mix well. Add the finely chopped onions, green chilies, and cilantro, and mix well.
Use very little water and make a thick dough. The dough should be pretty crumbly and break apart easily when oil drops.
Meanwhile heat the oil for deep frying. Now take a handful of the dough and crumble it into the hot oil.
Fry until golden brown and then drain on a paper towel-lined bowl.
Serve the Pakoda hot with ketchup or sweet chutney!
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