yummy snack recipe | onion pakoda recipe spicy, crunchy onion pakoda would be a good evening snack, usually, pakoda must be crunchy rather than soft like other bonda varieties. Here we are using the water content of onion to mix up the flour, slightly we are add in little water at the end to make the dough a little flexy. It is street food, and also an all-time snack in tea shops in the southern part of India. Also in northern India, This pakoda is served with some green chutney in restaurants and in tea shops. This pakoda (yummy snack recipe | onion pakoda recipe) with tea is a classic combination and also most of our favorite ones.
- In south India, ajwain/ omam won’t be used in the pakoda, But adding ajwain makes the pakoda flavourful and tasty. If this spice is unavailable at home, we can nicely replace it with 1/2 tsp fennel seed crushed.
- add only 1 tbsp of water to mix. the batter must be thick, only then we will get crispy pakoda (yummy snack recipe | onion pakoda recipe).
- While frying the pakoda, the temperature of the oil must be medium hot, not to be high hot or low hot. If the oil is high heat, immediately the outer part of the pakoda got fried, and the inside part remains undercooked. So maintain the medium-hot temperature while dropping the batter
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These fritters are really good served with simple tea/ coffee. The smell of the deep-fried onion increases our craving to have more. It is an easy and instant snack recipe, we can make it instantly whenever we want with the available onions at home. Try this, and let me know your experience in the comments section.
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yummy snack recipe | onion pakoda recipe
Ingredients
- 250 gram onion (thinly sliced) (2 – big onion)
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp Kashmiri Red Chilly powder
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- ¼ tsp carom seeds/ ajwain/ omam slightly crushed
- pinch Asafoetida
- few curry leaves (chopped)
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves (chopped)
- 1 tbsp water
- ¾ cup gram flour/besan flour/ kadala maavu
- 2 tbsp rice flour
- oil for deep frying
Instructions
Resting the sliced onions:
- Take 250-gram onion (sliced) into a mixing bowl
- Add 1/2 tsp of salt and mix well
- Leave it for 15 minutes
- After 15 minutes water oozed out from the onion slices
- Now add 1 tsp Kashmiri Red chilly powder, 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder, 1/4 tsp of carom seeds (ajwain/omam), few curry leaves (chopped), 2 tbsp chopped coriander leavesMix well
- Then add in ¾ cup of gram flour/ besan flour/ kadalai maavu.
- Next, add in 2 tbsp of rice flour and mix well until it forms a thick dough
- Now add 1 tbsp of water and mix, Now the batter is ready for frying
- Drop small portions in the hot oil gently, Keep the flame medium to low
- Fry it to golden brown colored pakoda and serve with chai
Stepwise Picture Recipe:
yummy snack recipe | onion pakoda recipe
(yummy snack recipe | onion pakoda recipe) frying:
Now the onion pakoda is ready to serve.
Note:
- I have added ajwain/ omam in this recipe. It helps for digestion even for kids. but you can replace it with1/2 tsp fennel seeds (crushed) in case the ajwain/ omam is unavailable at home
- we shouldn’t add more water than 1 tbsp. The batter must be thick
- fry it in medium-low heat until it golden brown
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