Kela Bajji

Serves 2-3
Prep time:10 mins
Cooking time:20 mins

Ingredients:

• 2-3 Raw Bananas(Raw Plantains)
• Oil,to deep fry

For Batter:

• 1 cup Besan/Chickpea flour
• 1/4 cup Rice flour
• 1 tsp Red chilli powder
• a pinch of Turmeric powder
• 1/4 tsp Garam masala (optional)
• 1/2 tsp Carom seeds
• a pinch of Cooking soda
• 2 tsp hot Oil
• Salt to taste

Method:

1. Peel the skin of plantains and slice lengthwise into thin pieces or you can use a slicer to do this work. Drop them in water until its usage so that they would not loose their color. Do not slice them very thin like we do for chips,slice them of medium thickness so that they will hold the batter when we dip in the pakora batter.
2. Mix all the items(mentioned under 'for Batter') well and make it into a smooth paste by adding enough water.Add the water slowly and use a wire whisk and whisk to the consistency of thick idly batter consistency and make sure you don't add too much water at once.The more you beat the mixture the better and fluffy the pakoras would be.You should ideally beat the batter for 3-4 mins.
3. pakora batter
4. Mean while heat oil for deep frying.
5. Hold the edges of plantain slices and dip each of them in batter and individually and drop them slowly into hot oil and deep fry them till it becomes golden brown in color on medium flame.
6. Drain them on to a kitchen towel to remove excess oil.
7. Serve them hot with Imli Chutney/Green Chutney/Tomato Sauce.