Health Savoury snack made with gram flour- bhajia. If you like savoury snacks then you’ll love these home-made heath savoury made with gram flour (dried yellow peas and chick peas)- bhajia. They’re simple to make but very tasty.
Dried peas are classified as one of the world healthiest food. Dried peas have a lot of health benefits such it’s a good source of cholesterol-lowering fibre, as such helping to lower cholesterol and blood pressure, it’s also high in fibre which help with digestion, etc.
Bhajias made with finely milled gram flour- besan, mixed with chopped potatoes has always been very popular in my house. It’s one of the favourite home made snack for my grandchildren. Whenever, I made them, I used to get lovely hugs (pre-covid 19). Bhajia can be eaten as a snack at any time of the day.
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Preparation time 30 – 45 minutes and cooking 30 – 45 minutes
Ingredients
- 450 g Finely milled gram flour -Besan
- 300 ml Water
- 3 medium size potatoes peeled and sliced into small dices
- oil for deep frying
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 medium onions sliced
- a bunch of spring onions
- 1 tsp chills
- 1 tsp fresh ginger grated or powder
- coriander chopped
- 1 tbs all purpose seasoning
- 1½ tsp Easy blend dried yeast
Instructions
- Boil the chopped small pieces of potatoes, after 10 minutes add chopped onions, spring onions leave for another 5 minutes.
- Leave the boiled mixture to cool for about five minutes.
- Sieve the gram flour into a big mixing bowl, then add all the remaining dry ingredients
- Gradually add the boiled mixture, mixing thoroughly careful not mashing the potatoes, until thick batter formed and the onions and potatoes well coated
- Leave the batter for 15 – 20 minutes to allow the batter to rise a bit and the spices to mix well
- Heat the oil in heavy base wok or deep pan over a medium heat. To check if the oil is hot scoop a little batter with tea spoon drop into the oil, will rise immediately to surface without turning brown.
- Scoop some batter using a table spoon drop into the oil, ensuring you don’t over fill the spoon making them too large as they won’t cook inside. Fry a few at time turning them so that they don’t burnt on one side and they’re evenly cooked until they’re golden brown.
- Remove the cooked bhajias, put on a large kitchen tissue to drain the access oil.
- Repeat the process until all the batter is finished.
NB: I like to use dried fast yeast instead of bicarbonate because it makes them moist inside, while with bicarbonate they come out a bit dry.
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