Vegetable Bajji

Yesterday I was really bored and wanted to eat something yummy and different. I thought of making vada - but this one cannot be had in a jiffy...it has to soaked for a while and then grinded...that involved lot of work, then thought of making cutlet - but that needs boiling the vegetables and lot of process...hence resorted to making bajjis...I haven't made this in almost three to four years. In general I do not make lot of fried items at home because am clueless as to what to do with the left over oil and that too in winter the smell of the oil keeps lingering inside the house. I did not have much veggies for making it but still went and ahead and made with the veggies that I had on hand....potato, onions, yellow bell pepper and spinach were the ones I used for making the Bajjis.....One good thing about this is you can make the batter and make more batter if needed.

If you are making with Potaoes then peel wash and make into thin slices. If you are using bell pepper - deseed them and cut into 1 inch piece. Onions you can make into thing round pieces and carefully place them on the plate and dip in the batter carefully to make the bajjis. You can use the leaves of spinach as is. You can do bajjis with chayote (chow chow), Zucchini....

Ingredients

3/4th Cup Besan Flour
3/4th Cup Rice Flour
1/2 Tsp Red Chilly Powder
1/2 Tsp Turmeric Powder
1/4 Tsp Hing
Salt to taste
Water
Canola Oil

Sieve both the flours so that it will not form lumps when you are mixing it with water. Add the other dry ingredients listed above to the flour and mix well.

Add water little by little and mix well. It should get the consistency of dosa batter. It should not go too watery or stay very thick. It should be good enough to get a nice coating on the veggies.

Heat oil in a pan. Add the veggies to the batter and give a nice coating and add it to the oil. When it turns golden brown. Take it out and place it on the kitchen towel to drain the excess oil. It comes and nice and crispy.
Serve it with tomato ketch up/tamarind and cilantro chutney....it was yummy and my family enjoyed it!