Onion Pakoda

Ingredients:

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• Onions,chopped lengthwise - 4 medium sized
• Green chillies ,slit open - 4 to 5
• Ginger,chopped lengthwise finely - 2 tablespoon
• Curry leaves - 2 sprigs
• coriander leaves,chopped finely - few
• Cashews,soaked in water for 10 min -10 broken
• Salt - to taste
• Besan - 300 grams
• Rice flour - 125 grams
• Red chilli powder - 1/4 tablespoon
• Dhania powder - 1/2 tablespoon
• Jeera and saunf - 1/2 tablespoon,each
• Oil - for deep frying

Method:

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• Add onions ,ginger,green chillies,curry leaves,cashews,coriander leaves into a wide open vessel.
• Add salt to it and mix well.Set aside for 10 min.
• In a plate,add besan,rice flour,salt ,chilli,dhania powder and 4 tablespoon of oil and mix well.
• Add the onion mix to the flours and mix well as shown below.

• Set aside into 4 /5 parts.Heat oil in a kadai.
• When its medium hot,sprinkle little water to the first part.(Do not sprinkle more water.It should be sufficient for the mix just to stick to each other when you take in hand).
• Make small parts(need not be round in shape) and gently drop into the oil.Fry till its golden brown.
• Extract the excess oil in a tissue paper.
• Repeat the process for the other parts too.

Tip:
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• The partition is done to ensure the crispness of the pakoda.
• If the water is sprinkled for the entire flour initially itself,by the time its dropped in oil,it may become soggy.
• So always sprinkle water and mix just before its put in oil.

Serve with chai.Its one of the best snacks that can be had at tea time.