Piyaji / Onion Bajji / Onion Fritters

It was another rainy evening.Just felt like munching something with a cup of tea hence decided to go ahead with Oninon Bajji.....
Usually onions are roundly sliced for making bajjis. But here, to try it out something different, I cut them into thin strips ie lengthwise
If finely chopped onions are used then it becomes "Onion Pakoda"

Ingredients

• Besan / Kadala maavu - 1 cup
• Rice flour / Arisi maavu - 1/2 cup
• Onion - 6 (medium sized)
• Green chilly - 2 nos
• Chilly powder - 1/2 teaspoon
• Coriander leaves - 2 tablespoons (finely chopped)
• Salt - 11/2 teaspoons
• Ghee - 1 tablespoons
• Hot oil - 1 teaspoon
• Water - very little for mixing
• Oil - for deep frying

Method

• Cut onions lengthwise add it to a mixing bowl/ vessel
• Add all other ingredients one by one (except hot oil and water).Roughly mix with your fingers
• Sprinkle little water and mix well (do not add excess water)

• Heat oil in a frying pan and pour 2 teaspoons of oil to the above bajji maavu / batter and mix well once more
• Wet your palms and make equal sized balls first and then flatten them 
• Drop into oil and fry well on both the sides

• Take it out carefully and place it in a colander to drain the excess oil

• Hot onion bhajji's are ready.Serve it with "Tomato Ketchup"

Note

As mentioned earlier same batter can be used for making Pakodas but ensure to 

• cut onions into small pieces
• sprinkle the batter / mavu carefully in the oil and fry them