Showing posts with label fritters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fritters. Show all posts
Monday, March 17, 2014
Prawn Vadai Era Vadai Prawn Fritters
Ingredients
Prawns/Eral-500gms
Bengal Gram/ Kadalai Paruppu/ Split chick peas-3/4cup
Onion medium finely sliced-1
Ginger and Garlic paste-1tsp
Red chilly powder-1tsp
Turmeric powder-1tsp
Baking soda-1/4tsp
Curry leaves-few( roughly chopped)
Salt to taste
Oil required
Grind the following ingredients to smooth paste( Ground masala paste)
Ginger-1/2inch
Garlic-5 cloves
Whole dry red chilles-6
Sombu/ Fennel seeds-1 1/2tbsp
Method
Wash and soak the bengal gram for 1 hour and grind it coarsely.
In a small sauce pan add prawns, 1 tsp ginger and garlic paste, 1 tsp red chilly powder, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, 1/4 tsp salt and few tbsps water. Cook the prawns for 3 mins, remove from heat and set aside to cool. When prawns reach room temperature chop the prawns coarsely.
In a medium bowl add coarsely ground bengal gram, finely sliced onions, chopped curry leaves, coarsely chopped prawns, ground masala paste, turmeric powder, baking soda, required salt and 2tsp of oil.
Mix well so the bengal gram, prawn and onion mixture is well blended.
Heat enough oil in a pan to deep fry. When the oil is hot, divide the prawn vada mixture into equal sized balls.
Flatten each ball between the palm and slide it into the hot oil, you can add maximum of five vadas at a time, depending on the size of the pan. Cook the vadai on medium heat until golden brown in color( Prawn vadai has to be crisp and crunchy outside and soft and well cooked inside). Once the vadas are done drain from the oil and transfer to paper towel. Serve hot.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Cheese Mirchi Bajji Cheese stuffed green chilli fritters
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| Cheese Mirchi Bajji |
Long green chillies / Anaheim peppers - 4 nos
Grated cheese - 1 and 1/2 cups
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Amchoor powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste
Water - 1 tsp
Ingredients for batter
Gramflour / Chickpea flour - 3/4 cup
Rice flour - 1/4 cup
Asafetida - pinch
Cooking soda - few pinches
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste
Water required to make thick batter
Other ingredients
Oil to deep fry bajjis
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| Chesse Stuffed Bajji |
1. Wash the chillies, pat dry, make a slit in them and remove the seeds( without cutting chilli into halfs).
2. Make a paste out of red chilli powder, turmeric powder, amchoor powder, salt and tsp of water, apply this paste inside each chilli through the slit.
3. Stuff the grated cheese generously inside each chilli and set side.
4. Prepare a lump free and thick bajji batter with the ingredients given under for the batter.
5. Heat oil in a pan to deep fry, spead little maida flour on a plate, dust each chilli with this flour( by this method the bajji batter will hold on to chillies) and dip in prepared bajji batter.
6. Immediately drop the battered chillies into hot oil and fry until golden brown and crisp.
Serve hot cheese stuffed chilli bajji with chutney of your choice.
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| Mirchi Bajji Recipe |
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