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Pyaz ke Pakode | Onion Pakoda Recipe

Make the delicious crispy onion pakora for having with the tea.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time35 minutes
Course: Snack
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: onion fritters, onion pakoda recipe, pyaz pakora recipe
Servings: 2 People

Ingredients

  • 5-6 medium size onions Chopped
  • 2 cup Besan/Gram flour 200 gm
  • 3-4 Finely chopped Green chilly
  • Salt
  • Ajwain
  • Haldi
  • Dhaniya Powder
  • Red chilli Powder
  • Chaat masala
  • roasted Jeera powder
  • water
  • Oil for frying

Instructions

Making Pakora Batter

  • Take a Bowl, Add chopped onions to it
  • Add green chilly to it.
  • Add 1/4 tsp haldi powder to it.
  • Now, add 2 tsp dhania powder (coriander powder)
  • Add 1 tsp roasted Jeera powder to it
  • Add 1 tsp red chilli powder or as per taste
  • Now add 1 tsp ajwain to it
  • Add 2 tsp chaat masala to it.
  • And add salt as per taste
  • Mix the spices with the onion.
  • Now add half of the besan to the same bowl and mix it well with your hands.
  • Add little water and mix it well. You need to make a slightly thick batter of it.
  • If required again, add a little bit of water and mix it.
  • Now, the batter is ready for frying.

Making/Frying Pakora

  • Take a Kadhai, add oil for frying pakode
  • Heat oil on a high flame to reach its desired temperature for frying.
  • Take a pinch of besan mixture and put it in the oil to check the temperature. If it comes to the upward immediately it means the oil is sufficiently hot.
  • Now turn the gas on medium-high flame for frying.
  • Take a little mixture on your hands and drop it carefully into the oil. Fill the kadhai with the pakora batter. The shape of the pakora should not be too small or too big for frying.
  • Flip each pakora when they are partially fried.
  • Partially fry them from both sides.
  • Now, remove the partially fried pakode from the kadhai to the plate.
  • Once they cool down press them with the spoon for refrying. It is an optional step.
  • Now, heat the oil for the refrying of the pakora
  • Put the partially fried pakora carefully in the hot oil for refrying.
  • Once they are fried from both sides remove them from the kadhai to the plate.
  • Sprinkle a few pinches of chaat masala on the pakora.
  • Serve it with mint and coriander chutney and imli chatni.

Notes

What to Serve with Onion Pakora?

Mint coriander chutney and imli chutney taste best with pakora. Or you can serve it with tomato sauce if you do not have it.