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Crispy Onion Fritters
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Crispy Onion Fritters

Thin, crispy fritters in which the onion is the star. Squeezing the onion first is what gives a crisp crust rather than a soft, greasy fritter.

⏱ 45 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Slice the onions into very thin half-rings and gently separate the slices.
    KnifeCutting board
  2. 2
    Place the onions in a colander with a little of the salt for 10 minutes, to draw out the liquid.
    Colander
  3. 3
    Squeeze the liquid out of the onions well with your hands.
    💡A grated vegetable is full of water: without squeezing, the mixture is too soft, and the fritters fall apart in the pan and soak up oil.
  4. 4
    In a large bowl, mix the onions, parsley, eggs, flour, cumin, paprika, salt and black pepper.
    Bowl
  5. 5
    Heat the oil in a skillet over medium-high heat and Drop heaping spoonfuls of the mixture into the pan and flatten them lightly with the spoon. Fry 3 minutes on each side, until the latkes are golden and crispy at the edges.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveFrying pan
    💡What you brown (meat, patties, schnitzel) goes into hot oil: in lukewarm oil it soaks it up and comes out greasy. For onion and garlic that you soften, oil heated over medium or low heat is enough; do not wait for it to smoke.
  6. 6
    Transfer the latkes to paper towels.
    Paper towels
  7. 7
    Serve with Yogurt.
251calories
5 gprotein
15 gcarbs
18 gfat
● protein 9%● carbs 25%● fat 67%

Per serving (169 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (6) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
  • Colander · Also works: Lid (a lid held slightly open over the sink, you lose a little) · Slotted spoon (for small amounts)

🧻 Consumables: Paper towels

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