Bajji

Contributed by: Cindy Ng

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Despite its rich and complex flavours, Mdm Chandra finds it easy to prepare Bajji and does so quite often as it is a well-loved snack in her family. Lucky for them, Mdm Chandra’s family isn’t the only ones well acquainted with her Bajji as she makes them in huge batches during festive season like Deepavali, giving her relatives and friends a change for a bite as well.

Bajji is a type of vegetable fritter, you can use any vegetable that you like, coat it in the batter and fry it. It is best eaten hot and sometimes served with a mint dip. My favourite is the cauliflower.

Portion: 6 pax
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 big red onion

• 1 large potato

• 1 medium brinjal

• 1 red apple

• 1 medium banana

• 150g cauliflower

• Cooking oil


Batter ingredients:

• 250g of gram flour

• 120g of rice flour

• A pinch of salt

• ½ tbsp of chilli powder

• 1 pinch of asafoetida powder

• 1 pinch of soda powder


Method

1. Mix the batter ingredients with water. The water should be added little by little, well mixed without any lumps formed till it becomes semi solid and still like a paste.

2. Slice onion, potato, banana, brinjal, apple, cauliflower into slices of thickness according to your preference.

3. Dip the slices into the batter mixture. The batter should be thick enough to stick to the vegetable and fry in oil until golden brown in colour.

4. Strain the oil and place the slices on a plate to serve.


Helpful Tips

You may cut and parboil harder vegetables like cauliflower, potato, brinjal before frying.

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