Onion Pakoda/Onion Fritters

In a bowl mix the following:

Onion-2,cut into bite size strips
Green Chillies- 2, cut into bite size strips
Cilantro- few, chopped finely
Curry Leaves- few, Chopped finely
Salt to taste
Ginger- 1 inch piece,cut into long strips

In another bowl mix the following:

Chick Pea Flour/Besan- 2 cups
Rice Flour- 1 cup
Red Chilli powder- 2 tsps
Garam masala powder- 1 tsp
Coriander Seeds- 2 tsps
Cumin seeds- 2 tsps
Baking powder- 1 tsp
Turmeric powder- 1 tsp
Salt to taste

Mix the ingredients of the first bowl into the ingredients of the second bowl. Make sure it is mixed well.Now add a little water.Add just enough to wet the whole mixture and make it sticky.

Heat 2 cups of oil in a thick bottom pan/kadai.Now using a spoon take spoonfulls of the mixture and drop it into the oil .Deep fry in medium high flame.

Serve hot with Ketchup, Mint Chutney or Onion Chutney and a hot cup of tea or coffee.