Name: Red Onion Bhaji
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Serves: 4-6 as a Snack
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: ¼ teaspoon cumin seeds; ½ teaspoon baking powder; Mint, Green Chilli & Yoghurt Dipping Sauce, to serve; 50 g (1¾ oz) chickpea flour (besan); 2 large red onions, 1 finely chopped, 1 halved and thinly sliced; ¼ teaspoon salt; 500 ml (17 fl oz/2 cups) peanut (groundnut) or vegetable oil, for frying; ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric; 50 g (1¾ oz/⅓ cup) plain (all-purpose) flour; ¼ teaspoon chilli powder

Preparation info

Serves:
4-6
as a Snack

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
25 min

Appears in

My Street Food Kitchen

By Jennifer Joyce

Published 2015

About

Bhajis are one of the many kinds of pakora, vegetables deep-fried in a spiced chickpea flour batter. The chickpea flour makes a blistering crisp coating and tastes heavenly dipped into cool minty yoghurt sauce. You can use any vegetables, prawns or even bite-size pieces of firm fish.

Ingredients

50 g (1¾ oz) chickpea flour (besan)
50 g (1¾

Method

Put the combined flours, baking powder and spices in a bowl and combine well. Whisk in 125 ml (4 fl oz/½ cup) of water and combine until a thick smooth batter forms. Add the onions and stir until well coated.<

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