Onion Bhaji - do I cook the onions?

Question

And the potatoes before I mix them with the batter and fry them or put them in the mixture raw?

Answer 1

Don't cook the onions. You can buy the special flour in Tesco (sorry, forgot what it's called) and it has a recipe on the back which I think is really nice.

Answer 2

I am a former chef and slice mine paper thin, soak them in a spice mix with cumin, and pepper with a yougart thinned with water base, they toss them in chickpea flour and cook mine like a pancake like disk, I have seen them done in a brick form.

Pakoras are something if you use potatos or other hard veg that need a blanch, but onions, peppers, peas, shredded carrots, zucchini, eggplant or other sof veg can go in raw, but cut in a similar size piece, for the Bhaji the thinner the better and it will cook crisper with less moisture leeching out.

Answer 3

No you don't have to cook the onions or potatoes or any vegetable to make a bhaji/pakora. Just chop,mix and fry...

The MOST IMPORTANT thing is don't forget to make some for me...Yummm......

Answer 4

we didn't in cooking school but I would as I prefer the flavour of sauteed onions