I had some batter left over from the mirchi bajjis that I made yesterday. So I thought I'll make vazhakka bajjis since I havent posted its recipe in my blog yet. This is quite a filling snack and a tasty one too. Serve it with chutney or ketchup.
Ingredients
Vazhakkai/ Raw plantain - 1
Besan/ kadala maavu - 1/2 cup
Rice flour - 1/4 cup
Corn flour (optional) - 1 tsp
Cooking soda - 3 pinches
Asafoetida - 1/8 tsp
jeera - 1 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Salt and water - As needed
Hot oil (optional) - 1 tblsp
Oil - for deep frying
Method
In a mixing bowl, mix gram flour, rice flour, red chilli powder, cooking soda, asafoetida, salt, corn flour and hot oil if using, ajwain or jeera. Add water little by little and mix well with a whisk and make a thick batter. The batter should easily coat the vazhakkai, not too thick.
Peel off the skin of the plantain with a peeler or if you are comfortable with a knife. Slice them thin or medium thick as you wish using knife or a slicer. Keep it immersed in water until use. Heat oil in kadai side by side. Take it out from water, drain the water as much as you can, dip and coat the vazhakkai and drop carefully in hot oil.
Fry them both sides until golden brown. Adjust the heat now and then to avaoid fuming of oil Also using the ladle keep pouring the hot oil over the bajjis as its getting cooked to make it puff nicely. Drain in paper towels.
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