Healthy onion bhajis that taste just as good as the deep fried version, from Meera Sodha's cookbook Fresh India (Fig Tree, £20).

Ingredients

• 3cm ginger, peeled and roughly chopped
• 1 green finger chilli, chopped
• 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
• salt
• 1kg brown onions
• 4 tablespoons rapeseed oil
• 180g chickpea (gram) flour
• 40g fresh coriander, roughly chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice