Onion Pakoda

Monsoon started in Chennai and its time for munching some traditional ‘rain’ time snacks 🙂 :). Onion Pakoda comes first in my mind for two reasons.It is easy to prepare and with its crunchiness accompanied with a cup of Filter Kaapi is pure bliss.

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Onion Pakoda

Monsoon started and its time for munching some traditional 'rain' time snacks 🙂 :). Onion Pakoda comes first in my mind for two reasons.It is easy to prepare and with its crunchiness accompanied with a cup of 'degree kaapi' can do wonders.

Course

appetizer

Cuisine

tamil

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

15 minutes

Servings

Ingredients

• 2 Onions (big)
• 2 tbsps Besan Flour
• 1 tbsp Rice flour
• 1/2 tbsp Chilli Powder
• Curry Leaves few
• 1/4 tbsp Asafoetida
• 10 Cashewnuts
• to taste Salt
• Oil for frying

Course appetizer Cuisine tamil Prep Time 10 minutes Cook Time 15 minutes Servings Ingredients 2 Onions (big) 2 tbsps Besan Flour 1 tbsp Rice flour 1/2 tbsp Chilli Powder Curry Leaves few 1/4 tbsp Asafoetida 10 Cashewnuts to taste Salt Oil for frying

Instructions

1. Chop the onions length wise into thin slices
2. In a bowl add chopped onions,besan flour,rice flour and salt
3. Heat a tbsp of oil, add in curry leaves. Once they splutter add oil, curry leaves to the bowl
4. Sprinkle some water and mix everything together. The onions should have been coated well the flour, spices
5. Keep the battered onion aside for about 10-12 minutes
6. Heat oil in a frying pan.Take hand full of the onion and make small portions of it then drop in the oil
7. Fry until golden brown and remove excess oil using tissue paper
8. Serve it with hot coffee or tea

Recipe Notes