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    Home » Vegetarian Starters and Snacks » Baingan Pakora Recipe | How to make Brinjal Bajjis / Pakoras

    Baingan Pakora Recipe | How to make Brinjal Bajjis / Pakoras

    Published: Mar 18, 2015 · Modified: Sep 23, 2020 by Srivalli · 12 Comments

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    For the final day of Pick one, cook 3 or Cook 1 for each day, the final day list was a List of Fried Dough Food. Now the entire list looked so appealing. Well since I wanted to make one from each list, I had to select only one and I decided to pick up my favorite from our Indian cuisine.
    Today's post features a pakora or as I call it a Baingan Bajjis. Because as I have explained in my other post on Bread Pakoras, any vegetable dipped in a batter and deep-fried, we call it as Bajjis. However, the north cuisines refer to this as baingan pakora and I have no issues with that as well.

    I adapted this from Sapana's recipe and I was happy that I could finally share it on here. There is that other version of Brinjal Pakora that's quite famous in Bengal and has been on my to do list for a while. Maybe one of these days I should seriously look it up and make it soon.


    Baingan Pakora / Baingan Bajji

    Ingredients Needed:

    Brinjal , medium sized - 4 nos
    Red chili powder - 1 tsp
    Salt to taste

    For the batter

    Green chilies, finely chopped - 2 -3 nos
    Coriander leaves, minced handful
    Gram flour/Besan - 1 cup
    Rice flour  - 1 tbsp
    Curds / Yoghurt - - 1/4 cup
    Ajwain 1 tsp
    Hing / Asafoetida a pinch
    Turmeric powder a pinch
    Red chili powder - 1/2 tsp
    Chaat masala - 3/4 tsp
    Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
    Baking soda a pinch
    Salt to taste

    Oil for frying

    How to make the Pakoras

    Wash and slice the Brinjals into thin round circles. Change the water and drain. Place them in a bowl and sprinkle 1/2 tsp chili powder and 1/2 tsp salt and set aside.

    For the Batter:

    Take all the ingredients for the batter in a bowl, add 1/4 cup water in it and mix thoroughly to avoid lumps. The batter should be thick consistency.

    Heat oil in a Kadai, then simmer to medium when you are ready to fry. Take one brinjal slice at a time, dip it in batter, and gently slide into the hot oil. Do not crowd in the pan and allow enough space for you to move it around.

    Fry in batches till you are done. Cook till both sides are nice golden in colour.

    Using a slotted spatula, drain the pakoras on a kitchen towel.

    Serve hot with sauce.

    Notes:

    You can do double frying to make the pakodas more crispy. That time make sure your slices are thicker.

    I also made Chili bajjis along with this.

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    Baingan Pakora Recipe | How to make Brinjal Bajjis / Pakoras

    Dish Type Deep Fried Dishes
    Author Srivalli
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    1. Sandhya Ramakrishnan says

      March 19, 2015 at 11:41 pm

      You are tempting me too much with that plate! The pakoras looks marvelous 🙂

      Reply
    2. Padmajha PJ says

      March 20, 2015 at 3:44 am

      The thali looks very scrumptious Srivalli! And the bajjis add more taste to it 🙂

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    3. Priya Srinivasan says

      March 20, 2015 at 9:04 am

      Oh valli, lunch time here, this is tempting me to make some bhaji's now!!! lip-smacking good!!!

      Reply
    4. Annu Swamy says

      March 20, 2015 at 10:10 am

      Bajjis are so tempting. Its quite famous in south especially the banana and brinjal. Very well presented.

      Reply
    5. Jayanthi says

      March 20, 2015 at 9:19 pm

      You are killing me here....with all the bajjis and pakoras. They look awesome Valli.

      Reply
    6. vaishali sabnani says

      March 21, 2015 at 2:13 am

      These baingan pakoras were my one time favourite. They have disappeared from the menu because of my allergy for brinjal.

      Reply
    7. Priya Suresh says

      March 21, 2015 at 9:09 am

      That thali is just inviting me, who can resist to this crispy pakoras.

      Reply
    8. Suma Gandlur says

      March 23, 2015 at 1:08 am

      The whole thali looks appealing and I bet those baingan pakoras are yummy.

      Reply
    9. Pavani N says

      March 23, 2015 at 3:04 pm

      OMG those eggplant pakoras look so delicious. I think they are calling my name 🙂
      Will have to try these really really soon.

      Reply
    10. Srividhya says

      March 23, 2015 at 3:50 pm

      Love anything with bhaingan. My favorite veggie.

      Reply
    11. sneha datar says

      March 25, 2015 at 4:10 pm

      This is a yummy pakora and these look delectable.

      Reply
    12. Harini-Jaya R says

      March 25, 2015 at 11:48 pm

      The thali looks very tempting. I am sure my husband will love these bajjis.

      Reply

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