Onion Pakoda

Pakoras or Pakodas as called in South is a great snack for the evening and is best enjoyed piping hot during the rainy times!
Ingredients Required for two:

1. Besan flour 1 cup
2. Rice flour - 1/2 cup
3. Ginger - small piece
4. Green chillies - 10 -12
5. Coriander leaves - a handful
6. Cooking soda - a pinch (optional)
7. Curry leaves a few
8. Onion - 1 or 2
9. Ghee - 1 table spoon
10. Cooking oil for deep frying
11. Hing - a pinch
12. Salt to taste

Pre-Preparation

1. Cut the onion into thin pieces. Cut the green chillies,ginger and the curry leaves and put these into a bowl
2. Pour the ghee,add salt,hing powder and mix thoroughly for 5 minutes.
3. Add the besan flour and the rice flour.
4. The dough should not be too dry or too soggy. The dough should crumble in your hands.


Preparation
5. In a deep frying pan pour the oil and wait till it hots up.
6. Drop the dough into the oil a little by little without too much of shaping them
7. Remove once the pakoras turn golden brown and crispy


Tastes great with evening tea, plain or with tomato sauce.