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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...

★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars. 2 Ratings
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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
  • 100g chickpea flour (or gram flour)

  • ¼ tsp mild chilli powder

  • ½ tsp turmeric

  • ½ tsp baking powder

  • ½ tsp cumin (or more to taste), ground

  • 2 onion (large, thinly sliced or you can use other chopped/sliced veg), halved

  • 1 green chilli (deseeded), finely chopped

  • 25g fresh coriander, finely chopped

  • cold water (to mix)

  • vegetable oil (for deep frying)

  1. Sift the flour, chilli, turmeric, cumin and baking powder into a large mixing bowl

  2. Add the chopped coriander, onions and chopped chilli and mix well

  3. Preheat the deep fat fryer to 180'C/350'F

  4. Gradually add enough water to the flour mixture to form a thick batter, mixing very well so the onions are well coated

  5. Very carefully drop spoonfuls of the mixture into the hot oil and fry until golden brown

  6. 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

★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars. 2 Ratings
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    ★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

    These were lovely, tasted great and I even made some with red chilli.

    Reviewed on 09/11/15

  • Guest

    ★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

    Really easy to make and they tasted so nice! :)

    Reviewed on 12/03/15

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