Onion Namkeen

About the Recipe

Namkeens are a variety of real, crispy, and delectably mouth-watering traditional Indian savouries. Using green gram and rice that have been ground into a powder and seasoned with onions, herbs, spices, and fried dry nuts, this recipe demonstrates how to prepare onion namkeen. When packed in Oddy Uniwraps, which are used for heat resistance, grease locking, and moisture balancing, the onion namkeen stays fresh and crisp for a long time.

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Ingredients

Green gram or Moong dal-1 cup & Rice-1 cup
Onions- 7 to 8 & Ginger & Garlic
Green chilies & Coriander leaves & Oil-2 tsp
Chaat masala- ½tsp & Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
Red chilli powder -1/2 tsp & Black salt – ½ tsp
Oil for frying & Almonds & Cashew
Makhana seeds & Peanuts-1 tbsp
Poppy seeds-1 tsp & Curry leaves
Red chilli powder-1/4 tsp & Buknu
Oddy Uniwraps

Directions

Dry roast moong dal and rice together until they turn crispy. Grind them into a fine powder after they have completely cooled.
Clean and chop onions. Grind it along with ginger, garlic, green chilies, and coriander leaves to a fine paste. Now sift the ground powder into a mixing bowl and add the ground paste to it; keep aside.
Heat oil in a pan; add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, black salt, and chaat masala to it on a low flame. Now add this tempering to the ingredients in the mixing bowl and crumble well, then knead to form a soft dough. Cover and let it rest for 10 minutes.
Fill it in a namkeen maker greased with oil inside and press it into hot oil as shown, then fry for some time on a medium flame until they fry well on both sides.
Take them on a plate. Add ghee to a pan, fry almonds, cashews, and makhana seeds, and take them to a plate. In the same pan, fry peanuts, poppy seeds, curry leaves, and coriander leaves.
Add the fried nuts to it and add buknu, red chilli powder, crushed red chili, and salt to it and mix well. Now add this to the fried and crushed namkeen and mix well. The onion namkeen is ready. Pack it in Oddy Uniwraps for your lunch box.
Place the dhokla batter tray on the water. Cover it and let it steam for 10-15 minutes. After 12 minutes, check with a toothpick. If the toothpick comes clean, then dholkla is ready to be served.

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Raksha Ki Rasoi

Raksha Ki Rasoi, a top vegetarian cooking channel on YouTube, is run by Raksha Gupta. In this channel, Raksha gives you recipes for simple and authentic food.