Madhuri Dixit shows you how to make ultimate monsoon snacks combo – onion bhajia and masala chai

By India Today Lifestyle DeskMonsoon is the best time to enjoy a hot cup of chai with steaming hot pakoras (fritters) on the side. Madhuri Dixit agrees as well! The actress expressed her fondness for onion bhajias (onion pakoras) in a recently-posted YouTube video featuring her husband Dr Shriram Nene and younger son Ryan. But that’s not all. The family also showed how to make them at home, wait, in four different ways – baked, deep-fried, shallow-fried and air-fried.

The trio depicted four cooking ways to make onion bhajias and explained the pros and cons of each technique too. For health and fitness enthusiasts, the Nene family presented a panko-coated version of onion pakoras.

Watch the video here:

Ingredients required to make Onion Bhajia

– 2 medium-sized onions

– 2/3 cup besan (Chickpea flour)

– 2 tablespoons rice flour

– 1/2 teaspoon minced ginger

– 1 green chilly finely chopped

– 1/2 teaspoon turmeric

– 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder

– A pinch of baking soda

– 1 tablespoon oil

– 2 to 3 tablespoons of water

Method:

Combine diced onions, besan, rice flour, salt, turmeric, red chili powder, ginger and green chili in a bowl. Add a pinch of baking soda and a sprinkle of oil and then mix all the ingredients well. Adjust consistency with water if needed. Bake or deep fry or air fry or shallow fry to cook fritters.

Relish hot with masala chai. You can refer to the aforementioned video to prepare a soul-satisfying cup of masala chai.

Sharing the pros and cons of using the deep and shallow frying method to make onion bhajia, Madhuri and Dr Nene shared that it will give a more traditional texture and flavour to the fritter and take less time to cook. However, the prepared fritters will have higher oil content. Baking the fritters, on the other hand, will ensure reduced oil absorption and higher nutritional value.