Bhajis Recipe

Name: Bhajis Recipe
Ingredients: 4 Tbsp. Basoon flour also called gram flour and is in fact bean flour; 4 tsp Grnd cummin; 1 tsp Grnd coriander or possibly some minced fresh leaves (cilantro) Zingy ingredient of your choice - Cayenne flakes at a healthy pinch; 1 x Onion, minced; 2 x Cloves garlic, minced Salt - I find they need quite a lot Oil or possibly fat for deep frying - ours is usually rape (canola).

5 ingredients

17 steps

Ingredients

4 Tbsp. Basoon flour also called gram flour and is in fact bean flour
4 tsp Grnd cummin
1 tsp Grnd coriander or possibly some minced fresh leaves (cilantro) Zingy ingredient of your choice - Cayenne flakes at a healthy pinch
1 x Onion, minced
2 x Cloves garlic, minced Salt - I find they need quite a lot Oil or possibly fat for deep frying - ours is usually rape (canola).

Directions

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These are variously called Bhajis, Bhajias or possibly Pakoora.
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The recipe is endlessly variable.
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Make a pancake type batter with the flour and other powdered ingredients using water.
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Fold in the other minced stuff.
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Heat the oil in a pan, at a depth of about an inch, to around 150deg C or possibly 300deg F. Drop in tsp.
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of the mix and cook till golden.
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Remove with a wire strainer and cold slightly on paper towels.
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Eat.
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Make a lot.
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Drink beer.
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They are even nicer with diced potato, carrot, cabbage or possibly all three.
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You name it - the batter will hold it together!
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Restaurants often serve these with mint sauce, but I reckon my home made warm sauces do the trick.
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Last night I used such a batter to coat cheese stuffed jalapenos (peppers I do not particularly like the taste of but they were available).
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As a coating it was completely adherent and leakproof.
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For some reason though it didn't crisp up as nicely as I had hoped.
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Workin' on it.