Bajji is a common hot and crispy tea time snack in south india especially during rainy season. Bajji is a simple dish prepared by dipping any sliced vegetable in the gram flour batter and deep frying it. Bajji can be prepared with Onion, Potato, Plantain, Eggplant / brinjal, Ladies finger (and even Bread slices) sliced into thin pieces and are dipped in Batter and deep fried in oil. And it is served with any chutney or sauce. In this food blog, i am going to share myhomemade easy indian recipe for Raw Banana (also called Plantain, Vazhakkai, Aratikaya) Bajji.

Ingredients:

Raw banana-1
Besan powder – 150gms
Rice flour- 3 tbsp
Barbeque (BBQ) Masala-2tbsp
Eno salt – a pinch
Hing powder – small pinch
Oil- to deep fry
Salt to taste

Step 1 – Banana Preparation:

Wash and clean raw banana (also known as Plantain, Vazhakkai, Aratikaya). Raw banana is always greasy and it is sticky. While cutting the plantains apply little bit oil on your hands and on the knife. Peel off the outer layer of the banana. Cut the banana into thin slices longitudinally / vertically.

Step 2 – Gram Flour Batter Preparation:

Take a small bowl, add besan (also known as Gram Flour or Chickpeas Flower) powder, Rice flour, Tandoori Barbeque (BBQ) Masala, eno salt (alternative to baking soda), hing powder and salt. Add enough water and mix all the ingredients well.

Step 3 – Deep Fry:

Heat vegetable oil in a wide mouth vessel, when the oil is superhot, dip the banana in the batter, slide the slices in to the oil slowly. Deep fry it in the medium flame until the batter coating turns golden brown colour. Drain the oil using kitchen paper.

 Raw Banana (Plantain – Vazhakkai) Bajji Fritters are ready to serve!

Serve hot with chutney or sauce.

Raw Banana (Plantain – Vazhakkai) Bajji – Traditionally, Bhajji is made with hot red chilli powder, but in the above recipe i used Tandoori Barbeque (BBQ) Masala. This gives the Bajji an awesome  color and tastes very delicious. Try it. I can really recommend it because both my daughters loves to eat every week