Description
Beguni Recipe | Bengali Telebhaja | Eggplant Fried is a Bengali recipe for eggplant brinjal fry, in which eggplant slices are dipped in a thick, spiced chickpea flour batter and then fried to perfection.
Ingredients
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- 2 medium – Eggplants /Begun /Brinjals wash and dry
- 3/4 cup – Gram flour/Besan/chickpea flour
- 2 tbsp – Rice flour
- 2 tsp – White poppy seeds/ khus khus
- 1/4 tsp – Turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp – Chilli powder
- 1 tsp – Nigella seeds
- pinch Baking soda
- Salt as per taste
- Oil for deep frying
Instructions
- 1. Discard the stem of the eggplant/begun/brinjal and cut it lengthwise into 1 cm thickness and keep it aside.
- Let’s prepare the batter. In a large bowl mix together gram flour, rice flour, poppy seeds, nigella seeds/kalonji, turmeric powder, chili powder, salt, and a pinch of baking soda.
- Now add water a little at a time to make a thick lump-free and smooth batter. The batter should be thick and flowy. Add a tbsp of hot oil to the batter and whisk. This makes the fritters more crispy.
- Now dip the eggplant pieces in the batter and shake off the excess batter and slowly slide the eggplant into the hot oil. Fry till golden brown on both sides.
- Take out in a kitchen towel to drain out excess oil.
- Sprinkle with some chaat masala and serve it hot with some chai or muri(puffed rice) or khichuri.
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Notes
- Traditionally Remember to use a big variety of purple brinjal you can either slice then long thins or rounds.
- Deep fry them in medium hot oil.
- Add red chilly powder according to your spice level.
- Use rice flour and corn flour for extra crispiness.
- Use nigella seeds or carrom seeds for must as deep-fried so it will help in digestion.
- Add 1 tbsp hot oil into the batter to make it even crispier.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Snacks
- Method: Deep- Fry
- Cuisine: Bengali, Indian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 79 kcal
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