Banana Bajji | Balekai Bajji
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Banana Bajji | Balekai Bajji
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This Raw banana bajji is a crisp and tasty fritters made with raw unripe bananas or plantains and spiced gram flour batter. Make these delicious fritters easily under 30 minutes for your next evening snack.
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Ingredients
- 2 medium raw unripe bananas or plantains or vazhakkai or balekai or aratikaya
- 1 cup gram flour (besan)
- 2 tablespoons rice flour (optional)
- ¼ teaspoon red chilli powder
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 to 2 pinches baking soda
- 1 generous pinch of asafoetida (hing)
- salt as required
- ½ to ⅔ cup water or add as required
- oil for deep frying, as required
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Instructions
Making batter
- Rinse and then peel the bananas (vazhakkai). Chop them into two to three equal pieces, horizontally. Then take each piece and slice in 3 to 4 pieces vertically. Put the slices in water so that they do not get discoloured.
- Each slice should be of approximate 4 to 4.5 inches in height and ¼ inch in thickness.
- Prepare the batter by mixing besan, rice flour, baking soda, salt, red chilli powder, asafoetida and turmeric powder.
- Add little water in parts and mix. We need a thick batter. So avoid adding water once, as the batter may become thin. Mix to a thick batter without lumps.
Frying banana bajji
- Now pat dry the raw banana slices on a kitchen towel.
- Heat oil in a deep frying pan. Dip the banana slices in the batter and coat the banana slices completely with the batter.
- Add the batter coated slices in the hot oil and fry the plaintain pakoras till golden brown.
- Drain the fried plaintain pakoras on kitchen tissues to remove excess oil.
- Serve banana bajji hot with green chutney or coconut chutney or tomato ketchup.
Notes
- The recipe can be doubled or tripled.
- The amount of spices can vary according to your taste.
- You can swap gram flour with chickpea flour.
- Fry the bajji in a medium hot oil. Keep the heat from medium to medium high. Frying them in a warm oil will make them absorb more oil and become soggy. Frying them in a very hot oil will the outside batter cook fast or get burnt and leaving the insides uncooked.
- Use any high smoke point neutral oil for frying.
- Make the batter to a thick flowing consistency. But do not make the batter very thick or else the outer texture will become doughy. A thin batter will not coat the banana slices well and they will absorb a lot of oil.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
354kcal
(18%)
Carbohydrates
60g
(20%)
Protein
8g
(16%)
Fat
10g
(15%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Sodium
850mg
(35%)
Potassium
854mg
(24%)
Fiber
6g
(24%)
Sugar
21g
(42%)
Vitamin A
1410IU
(28%)
Vitamin C
21.9mg
(24%)
Calcium
17mg
(2%)
Iron
2.3mg
(13%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 3Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 354 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 354kcal | 18% |
| Carbohydrates | 60g | 20% |
| Protein | 8g | 16% |
| Fat | 10g | 15% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 850mg | 35% |
| Potassium | 854mg | 18% |
| Fiber | 6g | 24% |
| Sugar | 21g | 42% |
| Vitamin A | 1410IU | 28% |
| Vitamin C | 21.9mg | 24% |
| Calcium | 17mg | 2% |
| Iron | 2.3mg | 13% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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