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How to make Brinjal bajji

Brinjal Bajji

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine Indian
Servings 2

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Besan flour/ Chickpea flour
  • 1/2 tbsp Ajwain
  • 1 pinch Baking soda
  • 2 tbsp Rice floor
  • 1 cup Cooking oil
  • 1 tbsp Cumin seeds
  • 5-6 Curry leaves
  • 1/2 cup Coriander leaves
  • 5-6 Garlic cloves
  • 3-4 Green chilies
  • 1/4 tbsp Turmeric powder
  • 2 tbsp Salt As per tasty

Instructions
 

  • Take the brinjal/ eggplant and cut them into thin slice pairs.
  • Collect the slice pairs in water. It avoids the blackening of brinjal slices due to oxidation.
  • Heat a pan and put 1 tbsp oil
  • Add 5-6 Garlic cloves, 4-5 Green chilies, 5-6 Curry leaves, Handful of coriander leaves, and 1 tbsp Cumin seeds
  • Saute everything well and once everything is cooked well turn off the gas and let it cool.
  • Collect it in a mixing jar and grind it into a paste.
  • Now, take a small amount of chili paste and spread it evenly inside the slices.
  • Take a mixing bowl and add 1 cup of Besan flour.
  • Add 2 tbsp Rice flour
  • 1/4 tbsp Turmeric powder
  • Take 1 tbsp Ajwain and crush in hands and add it.
  • Now add, Salt as per taste.
  • Finally, add chopped Coriander leaves.
  • You can add 1 tbsp chili powder. It is totally optional.
  • Add a pinch of Baking soda.
  • Then add water little by little and mix well. Prepare the batter by adjusting the water. the consistency is as shown in the images
  • Take some oil in a pan for frying and heat it.
  • Start frying only after the oil is completely hot. It will avoid Bajji's absorbing excess oil.
  • Add 2 tbsp of hot oil into the batter and give a good mix.
  • Now dip the stuffed brinjals one by one in the batter and coat well.
  • Add the coated Brinjal into the oil
  • Fry the bajji's well and fry until the bajji's turn into golden brown.
  • Take out the bajji's in a plate spread with tissue. Tissues help in separating excess oil from bajji's.
  • Now, the tasty Badanekayi bajji is ready to savor.
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