Potato Bhajji Recipe | Potato Fritters

 Potato Bajji is a super easy snack and taste so much better than the store bought ones. It can be a perfect tea time snack. And to add more, it is bit healthy compared to the shops since we don't use the oil again and again.

Potato Bhajji Recipe

Recipe Cuisine: South Indian | Recipe Category: Snack

Prep Time: 10 mins | Cook Time: 15 mins | Serves: 3 

Ingredients:

Potato - 1
Oil - to deep fry

For batter:

Besan flour - 1 cup

Rice flour - 1/4 cup

Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp

Red chilli powder - 1 tsp

Cooking soda - a pinch

Salt - to taste

Water - as required(3/4 cups approx)

Method:

In a large bowl, combine together all the dry ingredients listed under the list "for batter". Add water little by little and and make a smooth paste without any lumps.

Peel the skin of the potato and cut them into long thin slices.

Heat oil in a Kadhai, wait until it becomes hot. Dip the potato slices in the batter and deep fry till it turns golden brown.

Transfer it to a paper towel to drain any excess oil.

Serve them with hot tea.

Note:

• If you want a perfect round shaped select the potato according to that.
• Consistency of the batter is very important. So add water little by little. If the batter is thin it won't stick into the potato.
• The batter should be neither thick nor thin.
• If the batter becomes too thin, adjust it by adding flour.
• Rice flour is added to make crispy. So adjust according to crispness required.

Pictorial:

Keep all your ingredients ready

Sieve the besan flour to avoid lump formation

Similarly sieve the rice flour

Add the chilli powder

Add in salt, cooking soda, asafoetida and make a smooth paste adding little water. The batter should neither thick nor thin

Peel the skin  of potato and cut into thin slices

Dip the slices into the batter and drip off the excess batter

Drop the slices into the oil. Turn to the other side when one end is cooked and fry till golden brown

When it turns golden color, remove from flame and drain the excess oil

Potato bajji is ready! Serve with hot tea...