ONION PAKODA

When rains pour down making pakodas are always a common thing in our home.When he finds the weather cloudy hubby will always ask me to make his favorite pakoda.These fritters with onion tastes yum as a tea time snack or as a starter for your lunch or dinner menu.It is a very easy and tasty munchy snack.The trick to a good batter for making pakodas is that you don’t add water to it.Yes.You heard it right.The water from the onion is just enough for the mixture to bind the ingredients together.I have  seen many pakoda with names such as thhool pakoda which is crunchy and made in big pieces and another one called medhu pakoda which is soft and gooey in the centre.This one is a simple crispy pakoda which I made last week when once again rain god blessed us with thundershowers and  Ravi was happy as well.He not only got his share but asked me to reserve some batter for next day’s office lunch box.Let us see how this is made ..

INGREDIENTS

Onion	3
Gram flour/Kadala mavu	1cup
Rice flour	1cup
Green chilly	2
Ginger	a small bit
Curry leaves	2 sprigs
Coriander leaves	a few
Salt	to taste
Oil	to deep fry

Ghee

1tsp

Red chilly powder

1tsp

HOW TO MAKE

 

• Chop onions finely and set aside.Add gram flour,rice flour,cut green chilles,grated gingersalt,red chilly powder,curry leaves,coriander leaves and ghee.Mix well with your hands.Pakoda batter is ready.
  
  
  
  
  
• Heat oil in a kadai and drop in small balls,don’t worry about the shapes.Fry till golden brown.
  
  
  
  
  
• Take out on a tissue and let the excess oil drain.
  
  
  
• Serve hot immediately with piping hot coffee.
  
  
  Notes
  1.You could add some mint leaves orcrushed garlic pods for extra taste.
  2.Adding cashews for richness is another option.

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