Bajji

Date: 10/31/2009
By Sailaja Nambury

Ingredients:

1. Besan (Gram Flour) - 1/2 cup
2. Maida Flour (All Purpose Flour) - 1/2 cup
3. Baking Soda - a pinch
4. Salt - to taste
5. Red Chili powder - 1 tblsp (or enough that you can handle)
6. Asafoetida powder - 1/2 tsp
7. Vegetable (your choice - eggplant, potato, onion etc.)
8. Oil (for deep frying)

Method:

• Cut vegetable into thin slices.
• Take ingredients 1 and 2 and add enough water to make a consistent batter.
• Mix ingredients 3 to 6 with the batter. Put the sliced vegetables in the batter.
• Pour enough oil in a frying pan and turn on the stove.
• Once the oil is hot, start putting vegetable dipped in the batter one by one to the oil and deep fry until its golden brown color.
• Serve hot with coffee or tea.