Onion Pakora

Recipe Ingredients:

150 gm gram flour

1 tbsp salt

1 tbsp red chilli powder

pinch of baking powder/bicarbonate of soda

2 tbsp ground rice/rice flour

1 tbsp cumin seeds

1 tbsp fennel seeds

2 fresh green chillies, finely chopped

2 large onions, sliced length wise

200ml water

sunflower oil for deep-frying

tomato ketchup

How to Prepare:

Sift the gram flour into a large bowl and add the salt, bicarbonate soda, ground rice and fennel and cumin seeds. Mix together thoroughly, then add chillies and onions. Gradually pour in the water and mix untill a thick batter is formed and all the other ingredients are thoroughly coated with it.

Heat enough oil for deep-frying in a deep saucepan over a medium heat. Add as many small amounts (about 1/2 tabel spoon) of the batter as will fit in a single layer, without overcrowding. Reduce the heat slightly and cook the pakoras for 8-10 min,untill golden brown and crisp.

Remove and drain on kitchen paper. Serve hot with tomato ketchup.