Onion Bhaji:
Ingredients
Gram flour 1 ½ cup
Rice flour 1 table spoon
Finely sliced Onions 2 cups
Chopped fresh coriander and fresh mints each 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Red Chilies Powder a pinch
(Optional)
Water enough to make thick batter
Method
Mix all ingredients except water.
Then add the water to make thick batter.
Fry the Bhajis in hot oil in batches until they are golden brown both sides.
Drain on paper towels
Serve with Ketch up on a bed of shredded lettuce with a wedge of lemon
Bread Fingers:
Ingredients:
Bread slices 5-6
Tomato Salsa ½ cup
Besan (Gram Flour) Flour 1 cup
Rice flour 1 Tbsp
Baking Soda ¼ teaspoon
Salt to taste
Oil to deep-fry
Method:
Sieve Besan, Rice flour, salt & soda into a bowl
Add water to make a fine batter (like Pan Cake batter).
Cut the bread crusts out and slice them into one inch lengthwise pieces
Take two pieces of bread slices and spread the salsa on one side and stick those sides together to make one finger.
Dip each one in the batter and drop them carefully in the hot oil.
Fry them till they are little brown.
Serve hot with Ketch-up
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Baby Corn Bhaji:
Ingredients
Baby corn 6 no
Chilli & Garlic Sauce 1 tsp
Gram Flour ¾ cup
Semolina ¼ cup
Baking Soda a pinch
Salt to taste
Oil to deep fry
Method:
Cut the each of baby corn into (lengthwise) 6 pieces
Take a bowl and marinate them with Chilli & Garlic sauce& little salt for half an hour.
Prepare the batter mixing the gram flour, Semolina, baking soda & salt with enough
Water.
Then dip the each piece of the baby corn and deep-fry them in oil till golden brown.
Masala Vada:
Ingredients:
Bengal Gram (Chana Dal) 1cups
Green Chilli 1 no
Cinnamon stick ½ inch piece
Clove 2 no
Fennel Seeds ¼ tsp
Salt to taste
Oil to deep fry
Method:
Soak chana dal for 4 hours.
Keep out some (a quarter cup) chana dal and Grind rest of the chana dal in a blender with all the above ingredients except the fennel seeds into a fine paste.
Mix the fennel seeds to the dough and make small balls off the dough.
Wet the hands and flatten them slightly.
Deep fry them till they turn golden brown.
Serve hot with Chilli Sauce / Tamarind Sauce.
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