Onion Pakoda / Thool Pakoda

Ingredients needed:

• Besan flour - 1 cup
• Rice flour - little 
• Onion - 2
• Chili powder - 1/2 tsp.
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp.
• Hing powder - little
• Salt - little
• Curry leaves - 15 
• Oil - for deep frying 

Method:

             Take a bowl add besan flour + rice flour and mix it well.. Peel skin of onion and chop it lengthwise and add it to the besan and rice flour to this add curry leaves + salt + turmeric powder + hing powder + chili powder and mix it well using hands.. sprinkle very little water if needed and mix it well..it shouldn't be too sticky ... 

Heat a kadai and oil , once it is hot take a handful of flour mixture and drop it evenly spread not in lumps .. (like sprinkling)  in hot oil and allow it to cook well till done . 

Hot and crispy Thool / Onion pakodas are ready. 

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Vazhakkai Podi

Ingredients needed:

• Raw Plantain/ Vazhakkai 
• Channa dal 
• Toor dal
• Urid dal
• Dried red chili
• Hing powder
• Salt

Method:

                   Roast raw plantain directly on flame with skin till the skin turns into black in colour ..allow it to cool well and then peel the skin . Crumble the plantain using hand or grate it ..

Heat a kadai and dry fry channa dal + toor dal + urid dal + dried red chili till done ...once cooled grind it coarsely in mixie  to this add the grated / crumbled plantain and use the whip/pulse button and grind it for few seconds ..once done add it to the serving bowl and then add hing powder + salt and mix it well .. Mix it with hot rice + ghee / sesame oil 

Optional :  You can add tempered mustard seeds .