ALOO PYAAZ BHAJIYA

INGREDIENTS:

· Onion chopped (chhote katte pyaz) – 3 medium sized

· Potato thin & small pieces (chhote aur patle katte aaloo)- 2 medium sized

· Gram flour (besan)- 2-3 big spoons

· Dried fenugreek leaves (kasoori methi) – 1 spoon

· Carom seeds (ajwain)- 1 teaspoon

· Red chilli powder (pissi huyi lal mirch )- one fourth teaspoon

· Coriander powder (pissa hua dhaniya)- half teaspoon

· Tumeric powder (pissi huyi haldi)- one fourth teaspoon

· Green chillies chopped (barik katti hari mirch)- 1medium sized

· Salt (namak)- as per taste

· Refined oil – to fry

HOW TO MAKE:

· Take chopped onion, small pieces of potatoes & green chillies in a broad bowl and mix well.

· Add gram flour to bind onion & potatoes. If consistency is very thick, then add very little water, just to bind and coat well

· Add rest all spices except refined oil and mix well.

· Try mixing with hand J desi style

· Heat oil in deep frying pan/kadhai

· Once oil is hot, slowly slowly put small portions of aalo pyaz mixture in oil with your hands, but please take care of your hands J jaldi nahi… aaram se

· Fry bhajiya till it turns golden brown & crisp and sieve it out & place on kitchen towel/paper napkin to extract excess oil from bhajiya

· Now its time to relish garma garam aaloo pyaaz bhajiya with imli chutney, pudina chutney or tomato ketchup & ofcourse with chai ( for masala chai check Tea Masala recipe at  http://timeinkitchen.blogspot.in/2012/11/tea-masala.html ) or coffee J

HAVE A GREAT RAINY SEASON :-)