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Pyazi

Delicious onion and gram flour flattened pakoras fried twice to give it the perfect crunch. This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.

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Pyazi

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Main Ingredients Onions, Gram flour (besan)
Cuisine Bengali
Course Snacks and Starters
Prep Time 11-15 minutes
Cook time 6-10 minutes
Serve 4
Taste Spicy
Level of Cooking Easy
Others Veg

Ingredients list for Pyazi

  • 4-5 medium Onions
  • 10 tablespoons Gram flour (besan)
  • 1 teaspoons Red chilli powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Cumin powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Carom seeds (ajwain)
  • to taste Salt
  • 1 tablespoon Fresh coriander leaves chopped
  • 1 tablespoon Fresh mint leaves chopped
  • 1 teaspoon Chaat masala
  • 2 tablespoons Rice flour
  • 1 tablespo Oil

Method

  1. Roughly chop onions and transfer into a bowl.
  2. Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder, carom seeds, salt, chopped coriander, chopped mint, 1 teaspoon chaat masala, gram flour, rice flour and 1 tablespoon oil. Mix well using sufficient water to make a thick mixture.
  3. Heat sufficient oil in a kadai.
  4. Damp your palms and divide onion mixture into large equal portions shaped into balls (pyazi). Deep-fry pyazi in hot oil till half done. Drain on absorbent paper.
  5. Apply some oil on the worktop and flatten half-fried pyazis, one by one. Reheat the oil again and deep-fry these flattened pyazis till crisp and golden. Drain on absorbent paper.
  6. Transfer pyazis on a serving plate, sprinkle chaat masala on top and serve hot.
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