Falafal(Chickpea bhajia)

Falafel..A mediterranean delicacy. Just like Indian bhajia.

Ingredients:


1 cup soaked Garbanzo beans
3 garlic cloves
1 cup coriander leaves
1 tblsp jeera powder
3-4 tblsp lemon juice
2 tblsp chickpea flour
2 green chillies
Oil for frying
salt to taste

Directions:

1) Grind coarsely all the ingredients. Add chickpea flour. Make sure the mixture is not too moist.
2) Heat oil in a kadhai. Once the oil is hot turn down to medium.
3) Take a tblsp of mixture make smal balls. Gently leave it into the oil. Fry till Golden brown.(Cook in medium flame so that the falfal is cooked from inside also)
4) Remove it i a tissue paper to drain out the excess oil.

Batata Vada

Ingredients:

Batter

1 cup besan(chickpea flour)

1/2 tblsp haldi powder
1 cup water

Stuffing
ginger,garlic, green chilly paste(2 inch ginger, 4-5 garlic,3-4 green chillies)
5-6 boiled and mashed potatoes 

8-10 curry leaves
1 tblsp mustard seeds
1/2 cup coriander leaves finely chopped
1/2 tblsp hing
1 tblsp oil


salt to taste
Oil for frying 


Directions:

Heat 2 tblsp oil in a vessel. Add mustard seeds,hing and curry leaves.Fry for 2 mins. Add ginger-garlic-chilli paste and  haldi powder. Cook for 3-4 mins. Mix in the mashed potatoes. Add salt and finally the coriander leaves.

Make a thick batter of besan, haldi, salt and water.

Make small balls of the potato mixture, flatten it and dip it in the besan batter. Deep fry in oil