Breadfruit bajji or fritter is a local delicacy of udupi and coastal Karnataka.During heavy rains of Udupi every one really wants to have snacks like fritters or bajjis in the evening.The bajjis or pakoras are so easy to prepare that we can prepare just in a jiffy. No prior preparation or fermentation of batter is required as in case of goli baje or mangalore buns.
Varieties of bajjis can be prepared using the same batter like brinjal bajji, potato bajji, raw banana bajji and so on. Today I am posting breadfruit bajji recipe. Hope you would like it.
Bajji Recipe- How to prepare breadfruit bajjis
Servings: 25 to 30
Ingredients
- Breadfruit-1/4 size
- Besan powder- 1 cup
- Red chilli powder-1tsp
- Cumin seeds/Ajawan-1/2 tsp
- Rice flour-1 tsp
- Oil to deep fry
- Salt to taste
- Asafoetida- A pinch
Instructions
Preparation
- Peel the skin and core from the breadfruit and cut it in to thin slices of triangular shape. This measurement will yield around 30 slices.
Method
- Mix besan flour, rice flour, salt, crushed cumin seeds/ajawan, dissolved asafoetida and red chilli powder by adding required amount of water. The consistency should be of dosa batter. Refer the fig below.
- Rice flour is used to make the bajjis crispy. Instead of rice flour half teaspoon of baking soda can also be used.
- Heat oil in a frying pan and dip each slice of breadfruit in the besan batter so that the breadfruit slice gets coating of besan batter and fry in oil.
- Fry both the sides till the color changes and the breadfruit is properly cooked.
- Breadfruit bajjis are ready to be served. These bajjis can be served with coconut chutney.
Meet you all with one more Udupi recipe. Till then bye.
