Air Fryer Onion Bhaji- Onion Pakora
With our Air Fryer Onion Bhaji, you can make restaurant quality onion pakora at home for a healthier version of this famous Indian snack. Our recipe yields a crispy vegan onion fritter with a fraction of the fat as a fried onion bhaji but all of the flavor.
Servings:
Calories:
Equipment
- Mealthy CrispLid for Pressure Cooker - Turns your Pressure Cooker into an Air Fryer - Air fry, Crisp or Broil fits 6 & 8 Q Pot Basket, Trivet, Silicone Mat, Tongs plus Instant access Free Recipe App
Ingredients
- MILLING YOUR OWN FLOUR
- Split Channa Dal or Bengal Lentils-1 cup
- Rice -½ cup
- Or use store bought flour
- Gram Flour- 1 cup
- Rice Flour -¼ cup
- 1 large or 2 medium Onion/ chopped length wise
- 1 medium Potato/ grated
- Turmeric-½ Tsp
- Cumin- coriander powder-½ Tsp
- Red chili powder-½ Tsp
- Fennel seeds - ½ Tsp optional
- few green chili
- Salt to taste
- Cilantro / chopped-¼ cup
- Few tablespoon of Water
- Cooking Oil Spray
Instructions
- Peel the onion and remove the skin, then cut in half and finely slice from the top to bottom ( Length wise). Grate the potato and soak it in water ( so it doesn't get brown) squeeze the water with your hands when making the batter.
- In a mixing bowl add all the ingredients . I find this step is easiest if you just mix with your hands.
- Once you've got a thick batter,Wet your hands and form into fairly loosely formed flat discs.
- Place the discs in the air fryer, spray with oil spray and then cook for 12 minutes at 180°C or 350°F.
- After 12 minutes increase the temperature to 200°C or 400°F
- Respray with oil and cook for a further 4 -6 minutes till your onion bhajis are golden brown in color and crispy.
- Serve these hot on their own or with a avocado chutney or ketchup and enjoy
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