ALOO BHAJIA, POTATO BHAJIA

Potato Bhajia or aloo bhajia is a very tasty snack especially  during winter or heavy rainy day.  The hot and spicy bhajia along with a cup of tea or coffee is heavenly and I love to sit near the sliding in my balcony and watch the rain.

For crispy bhajias, you can add bit hot oil in the batter or rice powder which will give a crispy texture.  When somebody comes home unexpectedly, it is an easy snack for me.  Also I  make bread pakoda for my unexpected guests if  dosa or idli batter is out of stock.


Note:  I used to add one or two teaspoon dosa or idli batter in it instead of rice powder.  I also make the bhajias with dosa batter by adding 1/4 cup besan for 1 cup dosa batter.

Let us look at the recipe now:

Ingredients:

1 medium size potato
1/2 cup chickpea flour / besan
1/2 tsp chilli powder
a pinch of turmeric powder
a pinch of asafoetida
a pinch of soda
salt as per taste
1 tsp hot oil
1 to 11/2 tsp rice powder
a generous pinch of ajwain / omam/carromseeds
oil for frying

Method:

In a mixing bowl, put the besan, rice powder, chilli powder, turmeric powder, asafoetida, soda, salt, carrom seeds and mix well.  add water little by little and make a smooth batter out of it.  the batter should not be too thin or thick. pour the hot oil in it.

wash the potato, do not remove the skin and slice them thinly and put it in the batter.  In the meantime heat oil in kadai.  remove the potato slices one by one from the batter and put it in the oil and fry till it is crispy.  serve hot with any chutney or sauce.


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