Onion pakodi is a tea time snack and one of my mom's favourites.
Ingredients:
1. Onions - 2 medium (cut into thin strings)
2. Gram flour (senagapindi or Besan) - 1 cup
3. Green chillies - 2 (cut into small pieces)
4. Chilli powder - 1/2 teaspoon
5. Salt - according to your tast
6. Water - 1/4 cup
7. Oil - enough to deepfry
Procedure:
In a bowl, take onions and gram flour, chillies, chilli powder and salt and mix well. Kneed this mixture for some time so that all the juices in the onions and chillies will make a thick dough and now add just a bit of water to make a smooth batter like consistency (make sure not to make it watery or runny, please avoid adding a lot of water)
Take a pan, heat oil and start dropping small amounts of batter into the oil, (make sure oil is hot enough to fry these). I prefer very small quantities of batter at a time to make the pakora's crisp. Once the pakora's become golden brown, take them out of the oil, strain them properly for excess oil and serve them hot with Mint chutney (you can get this in any Indian grocery stores) as a dip.
You can eat these pakoras as is without any dips as well.
P.S: Want to try a tasty quick dip??? Add two tablespoons of tomato ketchup to 1/2 tablespoon of mint chutney and use it as a dip. That's tangy, tasty mouth watering dip ;-)
