When you’re an onion lover as I am, you’ll deal as many onions to a dish than necessary. You’ll have to agree, however, that onions elevate the taste of any dish that requires its use.
Be it onion fried rice, or a biryani topped with fried onions or onion fritters or a French onion soup – onions are a delight to the taste buds.
When I have fried onion rings in the past, I’d find that the fried rings grew soggy within minutes of frying. This is precisely why I avoided attempting fried onions rings until I tried this combination for crispy fried onion rings recipe. This recipe for crispy fried onion rings generates an extra crunch to the fried onion rings which will earn you good reviews from your guests. The right proportion of ingredients – that is, corn flour, all purpose flour and bread crumbs – is the secret to the success of the crispy onion rings recipe. The spice embellishments will add flavour and heighten the taste of the fried onion rings.
This crispy onion rings recipe uses just a single onion, but you could proportionately increase the quanity of ingredients if using more onions. I must warn you that it sure is a painstaking process to coat one onion ring at a time – with sticky fingers at that – but the result sure is rewarding. Try out this recipe for crispy fried onions with one or two onions before you go all the nine yards with a larger quantity, You’ll need help in the dipping and coating process for a larger quantity of onions. The frying is the easiest part of the recipe.
Crispy Onion Rings with an extra crunch - Recipe
Ingredients
Ingredients for Crispy Onion Rings
- 1 white onion (brown/red onions will also do)
- 6 tbsp all purpose flour
- 3 tbsp corn flour
- 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp chilli flakes
- 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
- 1/2 tsp oregano
- 1/2 tsp asafoetida
- 2 tbsp cheddar cheese (grated)
- 10-12 tbsp bread crumbs (for coating)
- 1/2 cup water (a little, for the batter)
- salt (to taste)
- oil (for deep frying)
Instructions
Steps for Preparation for Crispy Onion Rings
- Mx all the dry ingredients in a bowl, except the bread crumbs.
- Add some water - a little at a time - to get a consistency of a thick cake-like batter (not watery)
- Slice the onions into rounds (around 1/4 inch thick), then coat each onion ring in the batter.
- Then dip the "battered" (no pun intended) rings in bread crumbs and place the coated rings on a flat board.
- Deep fry the onion rings till nice and brown and crisp.
2 Comments
Seriously now I am craving onion rings so bad, Lita.
Ha ha ha, Frankie, I don’t blame you for it’s that rainy time of the year when fried onion rings would go well with a steaming cup of tea and witwh the weather.