Vegetable Bajia
Contributed by Lalitha Iyer
Ingredients:
2 cups of cut vegetables of your choice such as cabbage,peas, capsicum
cut in thin strips
1 cup of onion cut in to thin strips
2 teaspoons red chilli powder
1/2 teaspoon asafoetida powder
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon oil/ghee
1 teaspoon grated ginger
1 green chilli finely chopped (optional)
1 cup of finely chopped corainder leaves
1 teapoon cumin seed/powder
2 cups of besan/gram flour
1/2 cup rice powder
Preparation :
Mix all the vegetables and spices. Then add this mixture to a mix of the besan and rice powder and mix well using as little water as possible. Heat oil in a pan . Drop the mixture in the oil with the help of a teaspoon to avoid mess! Fry till golden brown. Serve hot with tomato ketchup or chutney. This can be even eaten by keeping in between two bread slices with tomato ketchup. The onion and coriander increases the taste of the bajia and smells nice too!!!