Onion pakoras always get majority votes to satisfy one`s cravings for a crispy snack. Here this all time favorite is given a twist by replacing gram flour with pearl/black millet flour, also known as bajra in Hindi. The result is a crunchy, mouthwatering, spicy & and an extremely more-ish snack!
Bajra & Onion Pakoras
Crispy and tempting snack!
- Onions – 3 medium
- Green chillies – 2
- Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
- Coriander powder – 1 tsp
- Fresh spice powder – 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
- Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
- Coriander seeds – 2 tsps
- Lime juice – 1 tsp
- Coriander leaves – ½ cup
- Mint leaves – 2 tbsp
- Bajra flour (pearl millet – 12 tbsp)
- Salt – to taste
- For spice powder –
- Cumin seeds – ½ tsp
- Cloves – 1-2
- Peppercorns – ¼ tsp
- Vegetable oil – to deep fry
To serve
- mint chutney or ketchup
- Chop green chillies, coriander leaves and mint leaves. Peel and halve onions. Slice it thin and then halve all the strips roughly, so as to get thin & short strips.
- Pound the spice powder ingredients in a mortar & pestle or a coffee grinder to a fine powder.
- Put oil to heat in a kadai/wok.
- In a bowl put in all the ingredients along with 1 tsp spice powder. Mix well with hands. Sprinkle water if needed and mix to a stiff dough.
- Wet palms, take uneven portions of the dough and drop into hot oil. Deep fry over low flame till golden brown. Remove and drain on absorbent paper.
- Serve hot.
Bajra flour is black/pearl millet flour. It is called as sajje in kannada, sajjalu in Telugu, Kambu in Tamil.
Onion leaves water as you mix so add water only as needed.