Bajji Recipe | Raw Banana Bajji | Vazhakkai Bajji Recipe

• Raw Banana / Vazhakkai – 1 Medium Sized
• Bengal Gram Flour / Besan Flour – 1/2 Cup
• Rice Flour – 1/4 cup
• Turmeric Powder – 1/8 tsp
• Red Chilli Powder – 1/2 tbsp
• Jeera / Omam – 1 tsp (crushed)
• Hing – 1/8 tsp
• Food Colour – 1 pinch (optional)
• Ginger Garlic Paste – 1/2 tsp
• Cooking Soda – 2 Pinch
• Salt – As Required
• Water – As Required
• Oil – For Deep Frying

1. Measure and keep all the ingredients ready. Peel the skin of raw banana, rinse well and slice it with a knife or slicer. But don’t slice too thick, as it wont get cooked inside. 2. Take a wide bowl, add besan flour, rice flour, turmeric powder, chilli powder, jeera, hing, food colour, ginger garlic paste, cooking soda and required salt. First add very little water and start to mix.
3. Add water little by little and mix well without any lumps.The batter should not be too thick nor watery, just like dosa batter. Heat oil in a heavy bottomed kadai / pan, the oil temperature should not be fuming or very low. To check the oil temperature, just drop a pinch of batter in the oil, if it raises immediately it is perfect. Dip and coat the raw banana slices in the batter on both sides evenly.
4. Just wipe the raw banana slices gently on the edge of the bowl to remove the excess batter. Drop it in the oil carefully, once it fluffs up turn to other side and fry till golden brown. Drain it in kitchen towel and repeat the same with the remaining batter.
Serve this raw banana bajji with coconut chutney or coriander chutney.