Red Onion Pakora

Name: Red Onion Pakora
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Makes around 15
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 tsp salt, or to taste; 1 tsp ground coriander; 1 tsp cumin seeds; ½ tsp fenugreek seeds (optional); ½ tsp baking powder; 150 g chickpea/gram flour; Vegetable or sunflower oil; 300 g red onion, finely sliced; 2 fresh green chillies, finely sliced (leave the seeds in for more heat)

Preparation info

Makes around
15

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

Chilli & Mint

By Torie True

Published 2021

About

These crispy snacks are a common street food throughout India. They are a firm favourite at my Indian cooking classes too; we often eat them while we are waiting for the curries to finish cooking. They are addictively good and perfect pre-dinner snackage.

Ingredients

150 g chickpea/gram flour
½ tsp baking powder
½

Method

Mix everything except the red onion and oil together in a large bowl. Add a little cold water to form a thick batter, similar to a pancake batter in consistency, then stir in the finely sliced red onions so that they are fully coated.
Half fill a small pan with oil and heat gradually for around 6 minutes. To check the temperature, dip a few strands of batter-co