Onion Pakoras & Ketchup Chutney

by

Kamran Siddiqi

Posted May 13, 2022 (Last updated May 13, 2022)

Serves

6

Total Time

20mins

Calories

175

It’s amazing how we inherit recipes through family. My mother inherited this recipe for crispy onion pakoras through marriage.

I love serving this ketchup chutney with the pakoras, but they work with sriracha...

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    Ingredients

  • Sunflower oil icon
    Sunflower oilas needed
  • Water icon
    Water240 mlwarm
  • Ketchup icon
    Ketchup120 ml
  • Water icon
    Water1 tablespoon
  • Sugar icon
    Sugar½ teaspoon
  • Salt icon
    Salt1 ¼ teaspoons
  • Chaat masala icon
    Chaat masala½ tablespoon
  • Gram flour icon
    Gram flour185 g
  • Red pepper flakes icon
    Red pepper flakes1 tablespooncrushed
  • Baking powder icon
    Baking powder½ teaspoon
  • Green chili icon
    Green chili1sliced
  • Cilantro icon
    Cilantro14 gchopped
  • Onion icon
    Onion1finely sliced, halved
    Method

  • 1. Mix all of the chutney ingredients together in a bowl
  • 2. Fill an 8-inch cast-iron skillet or heavy-bottom pan half-way up with oil
  • 3. Heat the oil to 360ºF -375ºF / 180ºC - 190ºC
  • 4. In a large bowl, mix together the besan, red chili flakes, salt, baking powder, sliced chilli pepper, cilantro, and sliced onion
  • 5. Slowly add in the water, while mixing with a wooden spoon or your finger tips
  • 6. Vigorously mix for a couple of seconds
  • 7. Once the oil is heated, carefully place in heaping tablespoonfuls of batter into the hot oil
  • 8. Fry until the pakoras are a pecan-brown
  • 9. Drain the pakoras on a cooling rack placed over a cookie sheet
  • 10. Serve immediately

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