ONION PAKODA

ONION PAKODA

Ingredients:
2 medium red onions cut into thin strips
2 green chillies finely chopped
2 cloves garlic crushed
200 grms gram flour
200 grms rice flour
¼ tsp cooking soda
¼ tsp cumin seeds
¼ tsp aniseed
2 tsp chillie powder
Few curry leaves chopped fine
Few coriander leaves chopped fine
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

Method:
In a bowl mix the onions, chillies, garlic, cumin seeds, aniseed
Curry leaves, coriander leaves and salt.
Mix them nicely. Now add the two flours, cooking soda and chillie powder. Mix well with hands.
Heat 3 tsp of oil and add to the mixture. Mix well again.

Now divide the mixture into about 4 portion.
Take 1 portion into another container.
Sprinkle very little water and mix with your hand.
Heat oil in a wok. Take some mixture, press it with your hands
And drop it in the hot oil. Remove when they turn light brown and cooked. Continue with the other portions also.
Cool and store in air tight container.

Note: the mixture will become soggy if you sprinkle lot of water.
You should not sprinkle water and keep for some time, as the flour
Will soak up the water and the pakodas will not be crispy