Pudina Onion Pakora

One of the most famous evening snacks of South India, hot and crispy pakoras are loved by all. Here's one of the most simple and easy to cook evening snack.

You need:

1. Pudina (mint) - 1 bunch
2. Onions - 3-4
3. Green Chillies - 4-5
4. Coriander Leaves
5. Curry Leaves (optional)

Batter:

1. Gram Flour - 2 cups
2. Rice Flour - 1/2 cup
3. Chilly Powder
4. Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
5. Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
6. Coriander Powder - 1/2 tsp
7. Baking Soda (optional) - 1 pinch
8. Salt
9. Cooking Oil 

All you need to do is:

1. Chop Onions thin and long and separate mint leaves from the stock. Chop coriander, curry leaves and green chillies finely. Keep them aside.
2. For the batter take gram flour, rice flour, baking soda, chilly powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, 1 tbsp of hot cooking oil and salt. Add water little by little and mix well to make it a fine batter neither too sticky nor too watery.
3. Put the onions, mint leaves, green chillies, curry leaves to the batter.
4. Heat oil and put the pakora mixture in spoon. Fry until it turns golden brown. Serve hot.

Tips:

• Serve the pakoras hot with tomato sauce or mint leaves chutney.
• Use tissue paper to put the fried pakoras so that it absorbs excess oil.