Crsipy Onion Pakoda - Tea Kadai Special

Ingredients:

Onion - 175 g (thin slices)
Green Chilly - 1
Garlic - 6
Ginger - 1 inch
Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
Red Chilly powder - 3/4 tsp
Garam Masala - 1/4 tsp
Curry Leaves -  a sprig (fine chop)
Besan Flour - 90 g (app)
Salt, Oil, Water - As reqd

Method:

• Heat oil in a pan, in medium flame.
• In a bowl add in flour and salt and mix well.
• Add in spice powders.
• Mix well.
• Add in 2 tbsp of hot oil and use a spoon and cover with rest of the flour.
• Then gently mix with hand.
• Now gently rub the flour between hands.
• Now blend chilly, garlic, ginger and fennel seeds.
• Or use mortar and pestle and crush them nicely.
• Add this to flour.
• Add in fresh chopped curry leaves.
• Add in 175 g of onion and mix gently.
• Sprinkle water if the mixture is dry.
• Add water acc, it should hold and not a batter kind.
• Dip hands in water and take small amount of batter.
• Drop them in oil and cook in medium flame.
• Top them with fried and crushed curry leaves and serve hot.