Thursday, January 28, 2010

Spinach Bajji


This recipe got created by accident and my family loved it.

Background Story: Soaked urad daal for idlis and i was out of idli rava, so i grinderd the daal and was thinking what can be done with these other than vada's and my daughter likes vada's but i never get vada shape without messing it up. so the answer was "Spinach Bajji". Spinach because it is nutricious and my daughter doesnt like it if i give her in the form of curry....

Ingredients
1 cup of urad dall
4-5 spoons of rice flour
chopped spinach: as much as you want
2 chopped onions
oil (for frying, about 2-inch deep in a wok)
Seasonings
1 1/2 teaspoons coriander powder
1 teaspoon amchur
1 teaspoon red chili powder
green chillies: optional : add if you need more spice
salt: as per taste
pinch of Baking soda


Procedure:
Soak urad daal [minnapappu] for 4 hours
grind it to a thick batter with little water
Mix all the ingredients (except oil)
Sprinkle little water if needed.
Mix in salt when ready to cook.
Heat the oil in a deep skillet or wok on medium to high heat.
Make a small ball of the batter and drop it in the skillet
Serve hot with any chutney or tomato ketchup .

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