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5 from 2 votes

Ulli Vada/ Onion Pakora/ Onion fritters

Delicious crispy snack go with your tea or coffee.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: Onion fritters, Pakora, Ulli vada
Servings: 4 serving
Calories: 743kcal

Ingredients

  • 4 cups chopped onion
  • 11/2 cup besan/ chickpea flour
  • ¼ cup rice flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon red chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • ¼ teaspoon turmeric
  • ¼ teaspoon asafoetida optional, remove it if you want gluten free
  • 2 sprig curry leaves
  • ½ cup water
  • Peanut oil for frying

Instructions

  • Peel and chopped the onions as thin as possible (It will cause tears, don’t worry end result is worth it with shedding of tears). Wash and chop curry leaves and coriander leaves finely and set aside.
  • In a bowl mix besan, rice flour, salt, chili powder, cumin seeds and asafetodia.
  • To this add chopped onion, curry leaves mixture.
  • Mix until everything incorporated well and mix once again to combine everything to form dough that you can make balls out of it.
  • Heat oil in thick bottomed pan at 375F, when oil is hot, Scoop 1 tablespoon of dough and with spoon and using other spoon gradually place them into hot oil.
  • Fry both sides until it is golden brown color.
  • Remove from the oil and place it into a tissue paper to remove excess oil.
  • Enjoy with ketchup if you want. I like to eat as such.

Nutrition

Calories: 743kcal | Carbohydrates: 119g | Protein: 39g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 700mg | Potassium: 1638mg | Fiber: 21g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 161IU | Vitamin C: 22mg | Calcium: 116mg | Iron: 9mg
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