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Onion bhajis

By Abigail Donnelly
4
Easy
10 minutes
10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 500 ml sunflower oil
  • 120 g cake flour
  • 2 T garam masala
  • 1 T turmeric
  • salt, to taste
  • 500 ml buttermilk
  • 2 large white onion
  • 500 ml buttermilk
  • 125 ml mango or peach chutney

Method

1. Heat the oil in a saucepan. Place the flour into a bowl with the garam masala, turmeric and salt to taste.

2. Add  125 ml (1 cup) of  buttermilk and mix to combine.

3. Slice the onions into rings and then in half. Coat in the batter and deep-fry in the oil until golden and crisp.

4. Drain on kitchen paper.

5. Mix 125 ml (1 cup)  of buttermilk with the chutney and serve with the bhajis.

Cook's note: watch our quick video of how to make garam masala.