Bring this popular Indian street food into your kitchen and you’ll be amazed how easy it is to make. This onion bhaji recipe is aromatic, crispy and perfectly fried—a delicious addition to any meal.
Add 1 cup of besan (chickpea flour), minced garlic, salt, chilli powder, baking powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder and 1 tsp of oil. Mix into a batter. Then slowly add 1 tbsp of water at a time, mix until the batter has the right consistency.
Add the sliced onion and coat well. The consistency of the batter shouldn’t be too dry or too watery. You should be able to hold a spoonful of it in your hand and the shape should hold.
Let it stand for 10 minutes.
Heat the oil for deep frying in a deep saucepan at medium heat.
With a spoon, add small batches of battered onion into the saucepan. Do not overcrowd them so that they cook evenly.
Using a slotted spoon, turn them over so they are cooked evenly on both sides. Keep frying them until they turn a nice golden brown.
When they are cooked, remove them and place onto kitchen paper to absorb excess oil.
Continue until all the onion bhaji are done.
Notes
If you can’t find besan flour or gram flour but wish to maintain the same textures and continue for it to be gluten free, select rice, quinoa, soybean, lentil, fava bean or buckwheat flour.
If you don’t need this onion bhajis recipe to be gluten free, you can use plain flour or do a half mixture of plain and all-purpose flour.
There are many different spices you can exchange or add to the onion bhajis recipe. Some other popular spices that can be used include garam masala, coriander powder, onion powder, curry powder or fennel seeds.
For other fresh aromatics apart from garlic, you can also add some grated ginger roots, thinly sliced curry leaves and chopped green chillies.