Ulli vada | Kerala onion pakoda-How to make-Stepby step photos

Cuisine Style: South India | Cooking Time: 8 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Type : Snacks | Take with: Curd rice, green chutney, tea or coffee

Ingredients

• Onion – 2 [big, Sliced]
  
• Gram flour – ½ cup
  
• Rice flour – ¼ cup
  
• Asafetida - ¼ tsp
  
• Red chilli powder - ½ tsp
  
• Green chilli – 1 finely chopped
  
• Curry leaves – 2 springs [chopped]
  
• Coriander leaves – 2 springs [chopped]
  
• Ginger – 1 tbsp [mashed, chopped]
  
• Garlic – 3 cloves [mashed and chopped]
  
• Fennel seeds –1 tbsp
  
• Salt to taste
• Oil for deep frying
  
• Water as needed [Apr. 3 to 4 tbsp]

Preparation

• Peel off onion, thinely slice.
• Add ginger, garlic, green chilli, curry leaves, salt, fennel seeds, asafoetida, red chilli powder, turmeric powder mix well
• Add gram flour, rice flour, salt, asafetida, green chilli, curry leaves, coriander leaves and onion mix well.
• Sprinkle 4 tbsp of water and mix well. (Not like bajji consistency).
• Heat oil in a pan then sprinkle onion mixture & deep fry on medium flame till golden brown & crispy.
• Serve hot with curd rice, tea or coffee
  

Tips

• You can replace gram flour with all purpose flour[maida], atta [wheat flour] or corn flour.
• You can add any thinely sliced vegetables like potato, carrot, egg palnt, spring onion, capsicum, etc.
• You can replace fennel with cumin or carom seeds
• You can add garam masala
  

How to make Ulli vada-Step by step photos

Take 2 onion

Sice onion

Add Ginger, garlic & green chilli

Add Fennel seeds

Add Turmeric powder[Haldi, manjal]

Add Red chilli powder

Add Asafoetida[Hing]

Add Coriander leaves

Add Curry leaves

Add salt

Mix well & leave it for 2 min

Add gram flour, rice flour

Sprinkle 3 tbsp water, mix well

Take small portion, make circle

Drop it in hot oil, deep fry till crisp & golden brown

Flip over fry both sides

Crispy onion pakoda ready

Remove it from oil

Drain on absorbent paper

Serve hot with tea, coffe or curd rice

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