Recipe- Onion Bajji For Perfect Tea Time

Onion bajji is an Indian snack item served as a tasty evening snack with a hot tea or coconut chutney. Big onions are used to make these bajjis, which are coated with besan/gram flour and deep fried, in hot oil. Onion, when combined with cooked gram flour, tastes heavenly. You cannot just stop with one. The batter preparation is same like any other bajjis. Let us see how to make this deliciously irresistible onion bajjis.

Ingredients

Big onions - 3
Besan/gram flour – 250 gm
Rice flour – 3 tbsp
Hing/Asafoetida – 1 pinch
Chilli powder – ¾ tsp
Cumin/Jeera seeds – ½ tsp
Baking soda/powder – a pinch
Ginger garlic paste – ½ tsp optional
Salt – 1 tsp
Water to mix
Cooking oil for frying

Method

* Peel big onions and cut them into ring slices as shown. Arrange the slices carefully in a plate.

* Take enough cooking oil in a deep pan or kadai for frying bajjis.

* In a large bowl take mentioned quantity of besan flour, rice flour, salt, chilli powder, asafoetida, baking salt and cumin together. Mix all dry ingredients.

* Add ginger garlic paste if you like. This is purely optional.
* Without gg paste also this Onion bajji tastes great.

* Add around two cups(240ml cup used) of water to make a thick batter. The consistency of the batter should be as thick as idly batter as shown in picture. Add water gradually to get the correct consistency.

* Heat oil in a kadai for deep frying. You can heat the oil while mixing the batter. Check the heat by dropping a small drop of batter. If it is raising immediately that is correct heat to fry bajjis.

* Dip sliced onions carefully in the batter and drop into hot oil carefully from the corners and fry in medium flame. Fry 3 to 4 bajjis in a batch. Give enough space without crowding.

* Leave them untouched for about 2 mins till the bottom side of the bajjis are cooked and flip them carefully to the other side.

* Wait till the golden color comes and the bubbles are settling by this time. Carefully strain the onion bajjis and keep in a paper towel to remove excess oil.

* Serve hot with tea or coconut chutney. Enjoy these delicious onion bajjis just as it is.