Onion Bhaji

Ingredients

• 3onions, halved and sliced very thinly
• 4 1/4 ozgram flour
• 1 ozrice flour
• 2 tspcumin seeds
• 1/2 tspground turmeric
• 1 tspchilli powder
• 2green chillies, finely chopped
• 3/4 ozfresh coriander, chopped
• 1 1/2 tspsea salt
• 3 3/8 cupsvegetable oil, for deep-frying

Method

1. 1

   Toss the very thinly sliced onions with the salt in a large bowl and leave them, squeezing them once or twice with your hands as they soften.

2. 2

   Scatter the gram flour, rice flour, cumin seeds, turmeric, chilli powder, green chillies and coriander straight over the wet onions and work it in with your fingers.

3. 3

   Squeeze a handful — it should just hold together and look like coated onion rather than batter. Add a spoonful of water only if it is genuinely dry.

4. 4

   Heat the oil to 340°F and lower in loose spoonfuls, a few at a time, spreading the strands slightly as they go in. Fry until deep golden and crisp all over.

5. 5

   Lift them onto a rack rather than kitchen paper so the undersides stay crisp, and salt them while still hot.