The match between India and Australia is happening in the backdrop and am receiving loads of newsfeeds as well and status updates of the sport crazy friends!!! Many have reported in sick from work with a million excuses ha ha!
Had a light breakfast and thought about these varakka (raw banana -the veggie) bhajis that one of my buddies M had made the other day along with her assortment of bhajis (fritters)
I had raw bananas at home and my MTR instant Bhaji-Bonda mix. I always keep it handy when I have that weird craving to have fried food. If you do not have the instant mix, it is all about mixing besan/gram flour, rice flour, a little baking soda, salt to taste, chilly powder, a pinch of hing and water to a desirable "dropping into the oil" consistency. Ensure that while preparing the batter there are no lumps formed and it is a smooth batter.
The batter should not be too loose or runny, then the mixed flours will not cling onto the banana. It will be transparent. We would like to have it at such a consistency that the batter clings evenly on the vegetable that you are about to bhajify :) You can play around with onion rings, potatoes, brinjals, hardboiled eggs and the works.
I have used another veggie-fruit the green tomatoes, do not slice them too thinly, let it be slightly thick so that we can hold onto it while eating once deep fried! Fry these batter coated veggies, in my case raw bananas and green tomatoes in hot oil and once fried lay them out on kitchen absorbent paper.
Have them nice and hot with a cuppa tea or coffee. Please drain off the excess oil.
Herewith there is another recipe on green tomatoes
http://potsnpans-peanuts.blogspot.in/2012/12/lovely-green-rascals-green-tomatoes.html
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