Bajji - Boundless Evening Snack!!

Boundless Bajji - with Onion, Plantain and Potato

It's been more than a year since i made bajji. don't know why it took me so long to make bajji. propably i get that "craving" to eat bajji only during the winter... hot bajji and filter coffee.. such an awesome combo. A simple fried gram
chutney goes well with this bajji. 
By the way.. here is the recipe for filter coffee. 

Today... onion in its highest price.. Rs.140/kg.. this fact is not going to stop me from making onion bajji. i took few slices of onion, plantain and potato and made bajji. had the bajjies with little fried gram chutney left over from morning's breakfast. As usual my daughter had her bajji with tomato ketchup. 

Bajji is an easy evening time snack. just slice and keep the veggies ready. then make the batter ready. now keep the oil for frying on stove. by the time the oil is hot, the batter will be ready.

Preparing the veggies:

Peel the plantain and potato. slice them thin. rinse in water and remove them from water and place them on clean cloth to remove the excess moisture. 

Ingredients:

• gram flour (besan) - 1 cup
• rice flour - 1/4 cup
• salt - as required
• chilli powder - 1 teaspoon
• cooking soda - 1 pinch
• ajwain - 1/4 teaspoon
• hot oil - 3 teaspoons

Procedure:

• keep the sliced veggies ready.
• mix water to the flours and dry spices along with hot oil (hot oil gives crispiness).
• add enough water to bring to thick yet pouring consistency.
• check salt. let this stand for 10 minutes.
• heat enough oil in a pan to deep fry the bajjies
• now dip the veggies in the batter and deep fry them till crisp.
• remove them from oil.
• serve this bajji hot with coconut chutney and some nice hot filter coffee.

You can also use bajji-chillies, capsicum, paneer, bread, boiled egg, etc for making bajji.

Bonus:
Fried gram chutney:
take a mixer jar, add 2 handfuls of fried-gram, 1 green chilli, very small piece of ginger, salt and small piece of coconut. add water and grind the chutney. temper with mustard, curry leaf, urad dhal and asafoetida. serve with bajji or bonda.

Happy cooking !!