Baked Onion Pakodas (Onion Fritters)
These baked onion pakodas are everything you are looking for in a snack! Crispy, addictive and healthier, these pakodas are the best! Easy to make for a crowd, goes perfectly as starter or snack, vegan & gluten free if you are looking for it and the best part is they taste just like fried ones.
Servings: 3 servings
Calories: 129kcal
Ingredients
- 3 large onions sliced thinly
- 2 green chilies finely chopped
- 12 curry leaves finely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon grated ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon grated fresh turmeric or turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon red chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon carom seeds
- salt to taste
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 2-3 tablespoons water
Instructions
- Preheat your oven at 200C or 390F. Grease a baking tray well.
- Rinse, wipe and slice onions thinly. You can also separate them into thin rings.
- Combine sliced onions, chopped chilies, curry leaves, grated ginger and turmeric in a bowl.
- To that add 3/4 cup chickpea flour, 1/4 cup rice flour, 1/2 teaspoon carom seeds, 1 teaspoon red chili powder and salt to taste.
- Mix well and add 2-3 tablespoons water to just bring everything together. If you add too much water the onion pakodas will turn soft instead of crispy.
- Finally add 2 tablespoons oil and mix very well.
- Divide into small portions and place on the greased baking sheet.
- Bake in the hot oven for 15-20 minutes. After 12 minutes, flip each portion and bake till crispy.
- Serve baked onion pakodas immedietly with tea or coffee.
Notes
Always slice onions as thinly as possible for crispy pakoda. This holds good even if you want to fry the pakoda.
For crispy pakoda use as less water as you can to bind the mixture. If you add more water, pakoda will be soft instead of crispy.
You double or halve the recipe
Nutrition
Serving: 3g | Calories: 129kcal