Feeling lazy and in a mood to sit in the blanket while watching a movie? Well, get ready with your cup of chai and cook this appetizing onion bhajiya.
Onion bhajiya, commonly known as pyaaz ke pakore is every Indian’s go-to snack when the weather is as lazy as we are. Since the kanda bhajiya are really heavy, they are consumed like a snack or sometimes as Starters.
- Energy – 315 cal
- Protein – 7.3 grams
- Carbohydrates – 25.1 grams
- Fibre- 5.9 grams
- Fat – 20.6 grams
- Cholesterol – 0 mg
Prepare time: 11 mins
Cook: 15 mins
Ready in: 25 mins
Ingredients
- 2 cups onion
- 1 ¼ cup besan
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ginger, finely chopped
- ½ teaspoon ajwain
- 2-3 green chilies
- 2 tablespoon coriander leaves
- 10 mint leaves
- Oil
Preparation
- Chop the onions moderately thin and add them to a bowl.
- In the same bowl, add chillies, ginger, curry leaves, mint leaves, and salt.
- Without mushing the onions, squeeze them with your hands and leave for 5 minutes.
- Now, sprinkle besan, ajwain, and salt.
- Next, mix them properly and coat the onions.
- Then, add two tablespoons of water and make a dough.
- The mixture is ready; now, we will start preparing the pakoras.
- Take a Kadai and heat one tablespoon of oil.
- Now, add this oil to the mixture.
- Again, heat the oil for deep frying.
- Take a small amount of dough and make small pakoras of it and slide them gently into the oil.
- Keep the flame medium.
- Deep fry the pakoras until they turn crispy and golden in colour.
- Take an absorbent tissue and place it on a plate, and put the pakoras on this tissue to absorb extra oil.
Your onion bhajyas/pakoras are ready to be served with a hot cup of chai. You might add chaat masala to the bhajiyas for taste.