onion pakoda

Onion pakoda is one of the popular street side snacks in Tamilnadu. I have tried making these pakodas sometime back but it didn't come out well. It turned out to be very hard. My husband loves these pakodas and so when i came across them in Sumi's blog last week, I thought should give it a try. I completely followed her recipe(except that I added hot oil, coriander leaves and saunf) along with her tips .It really turned out nice and crispy... This recipe from Sumi's kitchen is my contribution to the MBP 'Street food ' started by 'coffee of spicecafe' and hosted by 'Sia of Monsoon spice'.

Its Completely Sumi's Recipe and Iam just posting it for my own records.

Ingredients

Gram flour/besan- 1 cup

rice flour- 1 cup

cooking soda- 1/4 tsp

red onions- 2 medium/large chopped into thin strips

green chillies- 2 chopped finely

garlic- 3 cloves- crushed

ginger- a small piece - crushed

cumin seeds- 1/4 tsp

saunf- 1/4 tsp

chilli powder- 1 tsp

curry leaves- a few chopped

coriander leaves- a few chopped finely

hot oil-3 tsp

oil for deep frying

salt to taste

Method

Take all the ingredients except oil, in a bowl and mix well with hands . Heat oil in a kadai and when hot add 3 tsp of that to the besan mixture. mix well and divide the mixture into 4 or 5 portions.Take one portion into a plate.Sprinkle very little water and then mix it slightly with your hand.Be careful not to sprinkle very little water as the mixture should not become soggy.

Take some mixture , press it with ur hands and drop it in hot oil. Take it out when they are slightly golden brown and drain the excess oil by placing it in a paper towel. continue with the other portions too. Serve hot with tea.

Store the rest in air tight container.

Sumi's tip:

If you add/sprinkle water to the whole batch, the flour will soak up the water and the pakodas will not be crispy.So always do it in small batches.