Blooming Onion-Style Pearl Onion Pakoras
Translated from Spanish, the language of the reel.
Madeeha Qureshi cooked this in an Instagram reel, in Spanish. SeeMeCook wrote it up from the reel as a full recipe, translated it into English, and added ingredient weights and nutrition.
Watch the original reelImported by Nazareth Simons on SeeMeCook
Individual, crispy pakoras made with pearl onions coated in a light batter of besan, spices, and sparkling water. They are the bite-sized version of blooming onions.
- Time
- 30 minutes
- Equipment
- Stovetop
- Good for
- Snacks
- Cuisine
- South Asian
- Diet
- Vegan
Diet and allergen details are read from the ingredient names and are not certified.
Ingredients
- 120 g
- 100 g
- 25 g
- 2 g
- 1 g
- 2 g
- 2 g
- 2 g
- 1 g
- 180 g
Weights are estimates. Together, the ingredients weigh about 135 g before cooking, which is about 35 g per serving.
Steps
Peel the pearl onions and set them aside to prepare the pakoras.
In a bowl, combine the besan, cornstarch, dried fenugreek leaves, turmeric, ground cumin, ground coriander, nigella seeds, and crushed red pepper flakes. Season with salt and red chili powder to taste.
Gradually add the sparkling water to the flour and spice mixture, stirring until a thin batter forms that lightly coats the onions.
Heat the frying oil. Dip the pearl onions into the batter and coat them evenly.
Fry the coated onions until golden and crispy. Remove them from the oil and drain before serving.
Notes
The source provides the ingredients but does not specify the quantity of onions, the exact amount of sparkling water, or the frying temperature or time. These details were estimated solely to make the recipe possible to prepare. The interpretation of “1 tsp ground cumin, ground coriander & nigella seeds” as 1 teaspoon of each spice is uncertain.
Nutrition
These are estimates per serving, worked out from the ingredients.
- Calories
- 172
- Protein
- 6 g
- Carbs
- 25 g
- Fat
- 5 g
- Fiber
- 5 g
Where the calories come from
Keep this recipe
Save it to your SeeMeCook library, add it to your grocery list, and cook it hands-free with each step read aloud.
Open in SeeMeCook
