Onion Pakoda

Ingredients

• Big Onion – 3 or 4 nos
• Besan Flour – 1 cup
• Rice flour – 1/2 cup
• Baking soda – 1/4 tsp ( or even less)
• Ghee – 2 tsp
• Red Chilli powder – 1 tsp
• Hot oil – 1 tsp
• salt – as required
• Curry leaves -  2 strings
• coriander leaves – a few (finely chopped)
• Oil – for frying

To Grind

• Fennel seeds  - 1/2 tsp (optional)
• Green chilli -  2 or 3 Nos

Recipe 

1. Slit the onion length wise into 1/4 inch thickness pieces. Mix some salt to the cut onions and leave it aside .
2. Grind the grinding ingrediants into a fine paste.
3. Mix ghee and baking soda well uing a finger till effervesence (small bubbles) starts to rise.
4. The slit onions would have ozzed out water . To it add Besan flour, rice flour, required red chilli powder,ground green chilli paste, chopped coriander leaves, chopped curry leaves,ghee & baking soda paste,little hot oil enough salt and mix well.The onions should be seperate and  also coated with mix.(Don’t add more water just sprinkle water if needed)
5. Add enough oil in a pan to deep fry pakoda’s and heat it. When the oil gets heated up add few batches of oinons and fry on both the sides till it turn golden brown in colour.
6. A tasty , crunchy snack is ready to be served.