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Fried Onions Recipe | Birista Recipe

Make crispy fried onions with just 2 ingredients onion and oil. Fried Onion is also known as birista serves as a great topping for soups, salads, curries, casserole, biryani, pulao etc. Learn to make perfectly fried onion with step by step pictures and video.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time5 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Servings2 cups
AuthorSharmilee J

Ingredients

  • 2 medium sized onions
  • oil for deep frying

Instructions

  • First take 2 medium sized onions.
  • Remove the skin and discard it.
  • Cut each onion into 2 like this.
  • Remove the white part.
  • This white part should be discarded. Repeat to finish.
  • Now start slicing each half.
  • Slice them thin as uniform as possible.
  • Separate the layers. Now fried onion is ready to fry.
  • Heat oil in a kadai - First add one string onion to check oil temperature. If there is no immediately bubbles coming then you need to wait for few seconds.
  • After few seconds add another string again you can see immediate bubbles coming and it starts to slowly come up. This is the right oil temperature.
  • Keep flame in medium. Now add a small batch of onion strings.
  • After few seconds flip over.
  • Let it fry in medium flame.
  • Flip over in between to ensure even frying.
  • Color slowly changes.
  • When the color changes to golden brown then the fried onions are done.
  • Remove using a perforated ladle.
  • Transfer it to a tissue paper to remove excess oil. Fry in batches and repeat to finish.
  • You can store them and use it right away.

Video

Notes

  • Onion slicing - Slice the onions thin and uniform so that while frying it ensures even frying.
  • Cooking Time - I made only a small batch so took me just few minutes to fry. But if you are making a big batch then it may take longer.
  • Oil temperature - Oil temperature should be perfect. So always have a check before adding. If it is less hot then onion may not get crisp if it is too hot then onions may get burnt easily.
  • Frying - Remove the fried onions when they are golden brown which will give perfect crisp fried onions. If you remove them a little earlier then they will be soggy and not crisp.
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