Call it Aloo Pakora/Aloo Bhajii/Potato Fritters sab ek hi hai, baas naam alag, it's a Monsoon special which is very common at each and every household. A favorite evening snacks to enjoy the rhim jhim with a cup of hot tea .
Added little Carom seeds, finely chopped green chillies, chopped coriander leaves, very little Chilli powder & asafoetida to the batter to take it to an other level.
Ingredients:
· Raw Potatoes - 2
· Besan/ Chickpea flour- 2 cups
· Rice flour- ¼ cup
· Baking soda- ¼ tsp
· Carom (Ajwain) – ¼ tsp
· Red Chilli powder – ¼ tsp
· Coriander – 1 tsp (finely chopped)
· Green Chillies -1-2 (finely chopped)
· Salt- to taste
· Water- 1 1/4 cup approx. (keep the batter thick)
· Oil for frying
Method:
· Wash and peel the skin of the potatoes and make thin slices.
· Rinse in cold water to remove off starch from potatoes.
· Take a bowl add besan, rice flour, chili powder, ajwain, baking soda and salt. Mix well, add water gradually to form a thick batter.
· Heat oil in a frying pan.
· Once the oil is heated add about 1 tbsp hot oil in the besan batter & give a good mix, this will help us to make crispy bhajiyas.
· Dip the potato slices in the besan batter well and drop it in preheated oil. You can add the potatoes as per the capacity of your frying pan.
· Flip the bajiyas after it has puffed. Once it is cooked remove it from the oil and transfer it on a tissue paper to drain out the excess oil.
· Best to enjoy it with green chutney, ketchup and piping hot tea.
