Onion Pakoda | Onion Pakora
Onion Pakoda is a tasty & popular snack made by frying sliced onions in spiced gram flour. Onion Pakora is a tempting& filling snack perfect to enjoy in winter & rains. Onion Pakoda Recipe with the tip of making it crispy & less oily is explained in this post with step by step pictures & video.
Servings2
Ingredients
- 2 medium sized onions
- 1/2 cup besan flour
- 1/4 cup rice flour
- 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 2 nos garlic chopped roughly
- 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds
- 1/4 cup mint leaves loosely packed
- a small sprig of curry leaves
- salt to taste
- oil to deep fry
- water as needed
Instructions
- Take 2 medium sized onions.
- Peel off the skin from the onions. Cut each onion into half.
- Slice lengthwise as shown in the picture below. Slightly thin slices will be perfect.
- Then separate the layers and keep it ready.
- To a mixing bowl add onion, mint leaves, curry leaves. You can add it as such or roughly tear and add.
- Add besan flour, rice flour ,salt, red chilli powder, fennel seeds and garlic. Then mix this well first.
- Now sprinkle little water and mix well to form a thickish mixture. Do not add more water just sprinkle thats enough. It should be thick like shown and not battery.
- Heat oil in a kadai - pinch and add the mixture in batches. Do not overcrowd.
- Deep fry in medium flame. Turn over once cooked on one side.
- Fry until it is reddish brown. Drain and remove.
- Remove and drain in tissue again to remove excess oil.
- Enjoy crispy and crunchy onion pakoda with tea...yumm!!
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Notes
- Do not add more water just sprinkle mix and then add if needed.Add water just for binding.
- If you add more water then the pakodas will drink more oil and will become soggy after sometime.
- You can skip garlic and fennel seeds.
Nutrition Facts
Onion Pakoda | Onion Pakora
Amount Per Serving (75 g)
Calories 358
Calories from Fat 135
% Daily Value*
Fat 15g23%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Trans Fat 0.1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 5g
Monounsaturated Fat 9g
Sodium 1972mg86%
Potassium 484mg14%
Carbohydrates 46g15%
Fiber 7g29%
Sugar 8g9%
Protein 10g20%
Vitamin A 780IU16%
Vitamin C 210mg255%
Calcium 107mg11%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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