Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Onion Methi Pakora

I saw this in t.v. The chef said it was chennai style pakoras, so i had to try that immediately :) I modified the original recipe with whatever ingredients i had with me at that time. It was good and i never tried the original recipe after that. The original recipe had a mashed potato and cilantro in it. I substituted cilantro with methi leaves as i love the slight bitterness it gives and i skipped potato.


Ingredients :

Onion - 1 large
Methi - 1 small bunch
Turmeric powder - 1/2 spoon
Hing - 1/2 spoon
Red chilly powder - 1 spoon
Besan -1/2 cup
Rice flour - 1 cup
Water - 1/4 cup
Ghee - 1 spoon
Oil to deep fry


Method :
Finely chop onions and methi leaves. Mix salt, chilli powder and hing and set it aside for few minutes. Meanwhile, heat the oil for deepfrying. When it is ready, add the besan and rice flour to the onion methi mix. Add the ghee and sprinkle the water and mix them well. I used little water (about 1/4 cup only) and the mix was just damp and crumbly. Now drop small pieces of the mix into oil and fry till they are golden brown. It was really too good :)

Enjoy with a cup of tea on a rainy day!

16 comments:

Tina said...

Healthy and crispy pakora...

Vibaas said...

wow! that was quick tina. thx :)

Aruna Manikandan said...

Pakora looks crispy !!!!!

Ms.Chitchat said...

wow, I love those pakoras with a cup of tea as in the pic. Delicious looking pakoras.

Priya Suresh said...

Super crispy pakoras makes me hungry..lovely combo!

Unknown said...

yummy..love the addition of methi

Shama Nagarajan said...

nice pakoda...yummy

Finla said...

They look so crunchy delicous.

Rachana said...

I am craving for these yummy pakoras and also a cuppa ginger tea:)

Hayley said...

Hi First time here and those pakodas making me drool here..perfect for tea!!

cheers and visit me if you can

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Vaishali Sharma said...

A Perfect Snack! Pakoras looks crispy and yummy.

Unknown said...

healthy pakoras.. looks nice..

Sorin said...

Beautiful photos! I really like your site.

Vibaas said...

thanks all.
@Sorina, you made my day :)

Kanchana Shekhar said...

we had a really rainy week last week and i wish i had made these then...looks yum!

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