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.

Serve hot with ketchup.

 

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.