Pakoras

This is one of the easiest starters to make and is really delicious, but you must eat them while they're hot.

Ingredients

2 onions, sliced
2 cups of gram flour(chick pea flour)
1/2 cup of water
chilli powder
2 fresh chillies, finely chopped
handful of fresh coriander, chopped
salt and pepper
vegetable oil for deep frying

Method

Put the gram flour in a bowl and add the water, whisk until you have a runny consistency, not to runny else the batter won't stick to the other ingredients. If you do make it too runny just add more flour to thicken slightly.

Add the onoins,chillies,chilli powder,coriander and salt and pepper. mix thoroughly.

Heat the oil, check the oil is hot enough by adding a spoonful of mixture to it.
The mixture should sizzle and also stick together as one peice, remove when golden brown, taste. Adjust the seasoning in the mixture after tasting the cooked piece. Now cook the rest in small batches using a tablespoon, being careful not to over fill the pan as this will cool oil down and you won't get a nice crisp pakora.

serve with my mint and mooli chuntney, or good old tomato ketchup