The Raw Banana Bajji Recipe also known as the Balekai Bajji or Vazhakkai Bajji is a South Indian Classic tea time snack recipe.
In this recipe, Raw banana slices are dipped in a simple gram flour batter and deep fried to get crisp bajji. Make these Raw Banana Bajji at your tea parties or enjoy it on a rainy monsoon evening.
Serve Raw Banana Bajji Recipe as an evening snack along with Coconut chutney and Filter coffee.
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Cuisine: South Indian Recipes
Course: Appetizer
Diet: Vegetarian
Equipments Used: Hard Anodised Kadai (Wok)
Cooks in 10 M
Total in 20 M
To begin making the Raw Banana Bajji Recipe, peel the raw banana, cut in half horizontally and then begin to make slices vertically in order to get rectangular sliced of the raw banana.
In a mixing bowl combine all the ingredients of bajji batter which includes gram flour, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, asafoetida, and salt.
Mix in just enough water to form a thick batter to thickly coat back of a spoon. Keep the bajji batter aside.
Heat oil in a kadai for deep frying the raw banana bajji on medium heat.
Coat each of the sliced raw banana slices in the gram flour bajji batter and gradually let it into the oil and deep fry until golden brown in color.
Drain the Raw Banana Bajji on an absorbent paper placed in a plate to absorb the excess oil and serve hot.
Serve Raw Banana Bajji Recipe as an evening snack along with Coconut chutney and Filter coffee.