Indian cooking is meant for spicy food. Appetizers are no exception. Onion Pakora is one famous appetizer that is served in most of the hotels (mostly Indian). Its very delicious....you can give it a try and let me know.

Ingredients:


2 tsp Ghee


1 pinch of Baking soda


1 cup of Bengal gram flour (besan)


1/2 cup of Rice flour


2 or 3 finely chopped onions (lengthwise)


2 Green chilies -- finely chopped


1 tsp Chili powder


few cashew nuts/Ground nuts


1 cup of Cilantro (coriander) finely chopped


2 strands of Curry leaves


Salt -- to taste


Water -- as required


Oil -- for deep-frying


Method:

Place 2 tsp. ghee and baking soda in a mixing bowl. Rub together until frothy. Add the remaining ingredients and combine well, using sufficient water to make a thick batter. Leave it to rest for 15 mts.


Heat oil in a heavy frying pan. Make small balls from the batter and drop them into the oil . Fry the pakoras until golden in color. When cooked, drain the excess oil on a sheet of brown paper or paper towels. Serve hot with chutney.


This dish goes well with Mint chutney. You can also eat them without any side dish.

Oh my gosh I would love to try that.
No way I could find the ingredients here though.

You can find all the ingredients in any grocery shop. No need of Indian shops.

Maybe any grocery shop where you live, Sankum. But in most of the country, several of those ingredients would be considered exotic at best.

In Lexington, the nearest large town to me, there are at least three Indian markets. Yet it's a struggle for me to get curry leaves. They're just not available in most of the U.S. Others on your list are only available in specialty markets, if they're available. And that, too, is questionable in most of the country.

Kind of reminds me of Emeril always saying things like, "you can get in any market." Yeah, if that market happens to be in New York.

This recipe sound wonderful, but what is Ghee? I have never heard of it, is it a leavening ingredient?

And KYH is SOOOOOO right I'd maybe have to drive down to Atlanta a good hour away to possibly find an Indian market to purchase some of these ingredients.

CCCathy