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Onion and leek chilli bites

By Brita Du Plessis
4-6
Easy
10 minutes
20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 baby leeks, thinly sliced
  • 3 red onions, thinly sliced
  • 2 spring onions, thinly sliced
  • 1 pack chilli bites mix
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup canola oil, for frying
  • 80 g fresh mint and coriander leaves, for serving
  • Woolworths coriander and mint chutney, for serving
  • Woolworths chilli pickle, for serving

Method

1. Place the leeks, 2 sliced red onions, and the spring onions in a mixing bowl. Add the flour mixture from the chilli bites pack, then add the water and mix until combined.

2. Heat up the oil in a shallow frying pan. Use two tablespoons to shape the mixture into bite-sized pieces, then drop them into the hot oil. Fry in batches, turning halfway through, for 5 minutes per batch or until golden brown. Drain on kitchen paper.

3. Serve warm with freshly sliced red onion, salad leaves, coriander and mint chutney,and chilli pickle.

Photography: Shavan Rahim
Videography: Kaylene Sauls
Recipes and production: Brita Du Plessis
Food assistant: Josh van Zyl

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