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Homemade Onion Rings are super crispy, golden and so easy to make. Onion rings are dipped in a lightly spiced batter of maida and corn flour with garlic powder, black pepper and red chilli, then coated in bread crumbs and fried until light golden.
They need only a few ingredients and are easy even if you are a beginner. I serve them as an appetizer or as a side dish, and they disappear fast every time.
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Why you will love these onion rings
- Super crispy: a bread crumb coat over a light batter gives a golden, crunchy shell.
- Few ingredients: onions, maida, corn flour, bread crumbs and a few pantry spices.
- Beginner friendly: one batter, one coating and a simple dip-and-coat routine.
- Starter or side: serve them as an appetizer or alongside a meal.
Ingredient notes
- Maida and corn flour: together they make the batter that holds the bread crumbs on each ring.
- Garlic powder, black pepper and red chilli powder: these season the batter, so every ring is flavourful inside the crunch.
- Cold water: the recipe uses cold water to bring the batter to a semi-thick consistency. Add it a little at a time.
- Bread crumbs: keep a bowlful ready. Use as much as you need to coat every ring evenly.
Onion Rings Recipe
Crispy homemade onion rings in a spiced maida and corn flour batter, coated in bread crumbs and fried until light golden. An easy vegetarian appetizer or side dish.
Ingredients
- 2 to 3 onions, sliced into rings
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour (maida)
- 1/4 cup corn flour
- Bread crumbs, for coating
- 1/4 tsp black pepper powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- Salt to taste
- Cold water, for the batter
- Oil for deep frying
Instructions
- Mix the dry ingredients. In a large mixing bowl, add the all-purpose flour, corn flour, black pepper powder, red chilli powder, garlic powder and salt to taste, and mix all the dry ingredients.
- Make the batter. Pour in cold water, a little at a time, to make a semi-thick batter.
- Set up your station. Keep the bowl of batter, the onion rings, a bowl of bread crumbs and an empty plate side by side.
- Coat the rings. Dip an onion ring in the batter first, then place it in the bread crumbs, coat it evenly and put it on the plate. Repeat with the other onion rings.
- Heat the oil. Heat oil for deep frying in a vessel.
- Fry. Once the oil is medium hot, gently place the coated onion rings in it.
- Turn and finish. Flip the onion rings in the oil and fry until light golden.
- Drain and serve. Take them out onto a plate lined with kitchen towel. They are ready to serve!
Recipe by Siddhi Panchal.
Tips for crispy onion rings
- Set up your batter, onion rings, bread crumbs and an empty plate side by side before you start, so coating goes quickly.
- Dip each ring in the batter first, then coat it evenly in bread crumbs all the way round.
- Fry in medium-hot oil and flip the rings so they turn light golden on both sides.
What to serve with Onion Rings
Serve them hot as an appetizer with tomato ketchup, or as a crunchy side dish with your meal. For a party platter, add my Sweet Corn Cutlets and Papad Potato Rolls.
Onion Rings FAQs
How do I make onion rings crispy?
Dip each ring in a semi-thick batter of maida and corn flour, coat it evenly in bread crumbs, and fry in medium-hot oil until light golden.
Why is corn flour added to the batter?
Corn flour goes into the batter along with all-purpose flour, and together they make the coating that holds the bread crumbs on each ring.
How many onions do I need?
This recipe uses onion rings from 2 to 3 onions.
Can I air fry onion rings?
This recipe is deep-fried, and that is the version I make at home. I have not tested an air-fried version yet, so I do not give air fryer timings here.
Are onion rings a starter or a side dish?
Both. Serve them as an appetizer or as a side dish with your meal.
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