Red onion & chilli bhajis with mint & garlic raita
- Preparation and cooking time
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- Makes 12
Skip to ingredients
- 2 red onions
- 100g chickpea flour(gram flour)
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp curry pasteor powder
- 1 red or green chillideseeded and finely chopped
- vegetable oilfor frying
For the raita
- 150g tub natural yogurt
- 2 tbsp chopped mint
- 1 small garlic clovecrushed
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal102
- fat7g
- saturates1g
- carbs7g
- sugars2g
- fibre1g
- protein3g
- salt0.09glow
Method
step 1
Finely chop one onion and thinly slice the other. Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl. Add the curry paste or powder, chopped chilli and a good sprinkling of salt. Add about 150ml of cold water to make a thick batter. Stir in the chopped and sliced onions until they are well coated.
step 2
Mix together the raita ingredients with a little salt and pepper, then spoon into a small bowl. Heat about 5cm of oil in a wok or deep pan. Add a tiny speck of batter, if it rises to the surface surrounded by bubbles and starts to brown, then the oil is hot enough.
step 3
Add heaped tbsps of onion mix to the pan, a few at a time, and cook for a few mins, turning once, until they are evenly browned and crisp, about 3-4 mins. Drain on kitchen paper, sprinkle with a little salt and keep warm while you cook the remaining bhajis. Serve with the raita.
