I am back with my Blogging Marathon posts :-) This week theme is “One vegetable in three forms”. Do I need to even ask you what vegetable I would have picked? Of course its brinjal- my favorite :-) I have mentioned this in my food tag also that brinjal my favorite vegetable and the only vegetable that has got its own category is also brinjal :-) Ok, enough about me and brinjal.
This is a very simple recipe. Just our regular bhajji but instead of plantain and potato we are using brinjal. I learnt this recipe from my Paati/Grandma – my music Guru. (Even though she is now my own paati, she is as close as my own paati). As both potato and plantain are gaseous veggies, (vaivu) she does bhajji using brinjal. Its a great alternative for potato and plantain. Here is the recipe:
Brinjal / Indian Eggplant Bhajji
Ingredients:
- Besan / Kadalai Maavu – 1 cup
- Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
- Salt – 3/4 tsp (adjust accordingly)
- Baking soda – 1/4 tsp
- Brinjals 4-5 , basically you need 10-12 slices.
- Oil for frying
- Water – 1/4 cup + 2 tbsps
Steps:
- Heat the kadai and add oil. While the oil is getting hot you can prepare the bhajji batter.
- Mix the besan, red chilli powder, salt and baking soda.
- Mix the 1/4 cup water and make it thick paste. If required add more water. The batter should be in dosa batter consistency.
- Cut the brinjal into thin round slices.
- Once the oil is hot, dip the brinjal slice into the batter. Make sure both the sides are coated well and slowly drop them into the oil.
- Fry them till they are golden brown.
That’s it. Yummy bhajji is ready. Serve hot with chutney.
Submitting this post for Blogging Marathon #49 – A 3 day marathon for 4 weeks
Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging marathoner doing BM#49
Brinjal Bhajji is something new to me…I am gonna try this soon,Vidya…
Thanks Swapna. Let me know how it turned out
Wow, Brinjal bajji, that is exactly my kind of a dish. Looks amazing.
Glad that there’s a fellow eggplant lover in the BM group :-)
Oh wow.. Same pinch :-)
Good one. My husband used to like it very much but I have stopped cooking with eggplant owing to allergies.
oh oo.. I know some people have allergies towards eggplant.
I too make this but do not deep fry, shallow them, well these and looking irresistible.
Great idea to shallow fry. Will try it next time
I m drooling, super delicious!! :)
Thanks :-)
One of my favorite! I love the crispy top and the soft and sweet interior :)
Yeah.. Thanks :-)
I can munch some without any guilt, those bajjis makes me hungry.
:-) :-)
great looking fritters
Thanks a lot
Looks very appetizing. :)
Thanks :-)
Bhajji, apt for this weather.. Beautiful click Sri.
Thanks Vidya
I am so so bad at making bajji’s, I somehow will not get the batter right. I have eggplant right away in home. Today’s evening snack , I will follow your recipe exactly and try it :) These are so tempting!!!!
Let me know how it turned out.. This proportions works for me good.
That’s so yummy :)
Thanks FV :-)
Perfect teatime snack for the cold weather here:)
Yup :-) Thanks Padma