Bhaang ke Pakore (Appetizers - Vegetarian)

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Bhaang ke Pakore (Appetizers - Vegetarian)

Bhaang ke Pakore Appetizers Vegetarian

Ingredients:

* 100 gm Onions
* 100 gm Brinjals
* 150 gm Potatoes
* 3-4 Green Chillies
* Oil for Deep frying
* 150 gm Cauliflower

For the Batter
* Salt to taste
* ½ tsp Ajwain
* 1 tsp Chilli powder
* 250 gm Gram Flour
* A pinch of Baking powder
* 1 tsp Pomegranate Seed powder
* 10 gm Bhaang (Hemp) Seed Powder

Method:

1. Peel and wash vegetables. Cut cauliflower into florets,potatoes and onions into roundels (about 1/6 inch thick), brinjals intoroundels.
2. Immerse the brinjals and potatoes in water.
3. Wash, slit the green chillies on one side and de-seed.
4. Sieve gram flour, baking powder and salt together.
5. Add ajwain, chilli powder, green chillies, pomegranate seedpowder and bhaang seed powder. Add enough water, about 150-200 ml, tomake a thick batter of fritter consistency.
6. Heat oil in a frying pan to smoking point, reduce to mediumheat. Dip the cut vegetable, one by one, in the batter and deep fryuntil light golden.
7. Remove and cool. Reheat oil and deep fry again over moderately high heat until golden brown and crisps.
8. Serve with chutney, sauce.

Tip: A very stale loaf of bread can be considerably freshened bydipping it in milk or water (or a mixture of the two) for about aminute. After this, put it into the oven to crisp for about fifteenminutes.