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Ridiculously good onion bhaji recipe
This bhaji/pakora recipe works a treat with both onion and potato or basically any veg...
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Recipe:
Sent in by Kerry
- Difficulty: Easy
- Serves 8+
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
- Dairy Free
Preparation
- Total time
- 25 Mins
- Preparation time
- 20 Mins
- Cooking time
- 5 Mins
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100g chickpea flour (or gram flour)
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¼ tsp mild chilli powder
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½ tsp turmeric
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½ tsp baking powder
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½ tsp cumin (or more to taste), ground
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2 onion (large, thinly sliced or you can use other chopped/sliced veg), halved
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1 green chilli (deseeded), finely chopped
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25g fresh coriander, finely chopped
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cold water (to mix)
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vegetable oil (for deep frying)
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Sift the flour, chilli, turmeric, cumin and baking powder into a large mixing bowl
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Add the chopped coriander, onions and chopped chilli and mix well
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Preheat the deep fat fryer to 180'C/350'F
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Gradually add enough water to the flour mixture to form a thick batter, mixing very well so the onions are well coated
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Very carefully drop spoonfuls of the mixture into the hot oil and fry until golden brown
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Drain on kitchen paper and keep warm while you cook the remaining bhajis
You will need
Deep fat fryer - This best-selling one from Swan is 3L, features a viewing window AND is very easy to clean. See more details here at Amazon .
Large mixing bowl - this one by Wilko has high sides and a non-slip base and costs next to nothing - see more details here at Wilko.
Tips
This onion bhaji recipe makes 10-12 bhajis.
Look in ethnic food aisle/shop for chickpea/gram flour
Variations
Different combinations of spices and vegetables: add more spices (1/2 tsp each of garam masala, ground coriander etc) if you have them
Reviews
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Guest
★★★★★These were lovely, tasted great and I even made some with red chilli.
Reviewed on 09/11/15
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Guest
★★★★★Really easy to make and they tasted so nice! :)
Reviewed on 12/03/15
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