MENASINAKAI BAJJI
Ingredients
- 8 - 10 Bajji Chiilies/ Bhavnagari chillies/Long green chiilies
- 1 tsp Cumin /Jeera powder, ( optional )
- 1 1/2 cups Gram Flour Besan
- 2 tbsps Rice flour
- 1/2 - 1 tsp red chili powder
- a pinch Turmeric
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds Jeera
- 1/2 tsp Baking soda
- 1 tbsp Hot oil for the batter
- Salt to taste
- Oil for deep frying
Instructions
- Slit the green chillies vertically retaining their stem and deseed them .
- Mix jeera powder and salt. Apply this mixture on the slit chillies, seeds side as shown in pic.Set aside for abt 10mins.
- Meanwhile, in a mixing bowl, mix besan,rice flour,jeera,haldi,chilly powder,soda and salt. Add water little by little.Mix such that no lumps are formed. Batter should be of dosa batter consistency.Add hot oil to the batter and mix well.
- In a deep pan / kadai , heat enough oil to deep fry the bajjis.
- When the oil is hot ,Dip one by one the chillies into the batter and drop carefully in to hot oil.
- Cook both sides until golden brown and crisp .Once done transfer the bajjis on a absorbent paper to drain excess oil.
- Serve immediately, hot hot as it is or with mint chutney or with ketchup .
Notes
- If you want you can add oma / ajwain to the batter instead of jeera.
- In the above , i have used rice flour to make the bajjis little crisp.You can also add cornflour instead of that.
- The batter should be right consistency.Too thin, will absorb lot of oil, if thick it will not cook properly.
- Cook in medium flame to ensure the bajjis get cooked inside.Also to make it crispy.
- You can omit adding jeera powder to the slit chillies.Instead u can make it plain be rubbing only salt /salt +saunf powder/salt+chat masala... be creative, see how you like..