Potato Bajji

Potato bajji is a deep fried tea time snack and can be served with tomato ketchup or spicy pickle.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Potato Bajji.

Ingredients:-

Potato.                            - 4 medium small
Besan /chickpea flour.     -3/4 cup
Red chilli powder.           -1tsp
Turmeric powder.            -1/4tsp
Hing powder/ asafoetida.-1/4tsp
Salt.                                  - to taste
Cooking soda.                   - a pinch
Oil.                                    - for deep frying

Instructions:-

Remove the outer skin and wash potatoes and chop into thin round slices. Apply little salt and keep aside the potato slices for 10 minutes to rest.

Method:-

1). In a bowl add besan flour (chickpea flour), red chilli powder turmeric powder, hing powder, a pinch of cooking soda and required salt and mix well. Add required water little by little into the bowl and mix together all the ingredients in the bowl and make a thick batter.

 2). Heat oil in a deep frying pan.Once the oil is hot, dip the potato slices in the thick batter one by one and drop it into the hot oil and deep fry till golden colour. Deep fry them in batches.

3). Flip and turn the batter coated potato slices in hot oil with a slotted spoon to cook on all sides.

4). Remove the potato bajji from hot oil and transfer to a tissue paper to absorb excess oil.

Potato Bajji is ready to serve with tomato ketchup and hot tea.