Air Fryer
Onion Pakoda Onion Bhaji
Onion Pakoda also known as onion bhaji is a delicious snack and treat. It is a popular crunchy Indian street food recipe that gets a healthy avatar in the air fryer. Both recipes are shared below.
Ingredients:
- 3 onions finely sliced
- 1 potato cut into thin slivers (optional)
- 1 cup chickpea flour or besan
- ¼ cup rice flour
- 1 tsp. ajwain or carrom seeds or use dried thyme
- 1 tbsp. ginger garlic finely chopped
- 1 tsp. cayenne or red chilli powder
- ½ tsp. turmeric powder
- ½ tsp. garam masala powder
- salt to taste
- 1 tbsp. finely chopped cilantro or coriander leaves
- 2 tsp. oil for air frying or as needed for deep frying
Directions:
- Add chickpea flour, rice flour and all the spices together and mix well. Slice onion finely and keep aside.
- Now add them to finely sliced onion along with chopped cilantro or coriander leaves.
- Leave aside for 10 minutes. The mixture will become moist.
- Now add water little by little so that the gram flour mix coats the onion. Do not make the batter runny or it will not turn crisp.
- Pre heat Air fryer to 160 C or 320 F for 6 minutes. Brush the basket with oil and make small pakoda dumplings in one layer on the basket or perforated tray.
- Air fry for 8-10 minutes at 360 F for larger pakodas (9 in one batch) . For smaller ones like 13-14 in a batch, air fry for 8-10 minutes at 160 C or 320 F. Brush with oil midway. No need to flip.
- Optional Now Air fry at 200 C or 390 F for 2-4 minutes more if you haven't got the brown colour yet.
- That's it. Take out and serve your crispy tasty onion pakoda made in Air fryer hot with chutney or ketchup.
- Heat oil and using a spoon or your hands, put small portions of mixture into medium hot oil. Fry till golden brown and cooked inside.
- Drain onto kitchen towel using a slotted spoon and serve hot with green chutney and ketchup. Enjoy onion pakora with hot cup of tea.