CURRY LEAVES BHAJIA

Curry leaves have got several medicinal properties and helps in curing stomach related ailments, grow hair etc.  I have posted few curry leaves recipes and the links are here:

I have already posted curry patta idli,  curry patta idli fry, curry patta rice,  curry leaves kuzhambu, curry leaves kuzhambu rice,  curry patta gun powder,  curry leaves mor kuzhambu,   curry leaves adai,  curry leaves dhokla, curry leaves powder etc. 

It is raining heavily and my daughter wants to have something to eat before going for her classes.  She asked me to prepare Bread pakoda i.e bread bhajia.  Since I had some left over batter,  the big curry leaves were lying in front of me, so thought of trying it and it turned out very well, tasty.

Here is the recipe for you to relish the same during the rainy season with a cup of tea or coffee.  Iused Anjali's  home made tea masala  and really it was a good combination.

Let us look at the recipe now:

Ingredients:

1/4 cup beasan
3 tbsp rice flour
3-4 big curry leaves sprigs


a pinch of cooking soda (optional)
1  tsp chilli powder (if you want spicy add more)
salt
hing powder
a generous pinch of ajwain
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
oil for deep frying.

Method:

1.  Wash the curry leaves, pat dry and keep aside.
2.  In a mixing bowl, add the besan, rice flour, red chilli powder, turmeric powder,hing powder,  ajwain, salt and make a batter.   Keep the batter for 30 minutes.  If you are adding soda, add before preparin the bhajia.  The batter should be bit thick consistency and coat the leaves well.
3.   In a kadai, heat oiil.  dip the  curry leaves  in batter and deep fry them till golden brown.

How to serve:

serve along with a cup of tea or coffee

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