Brussel Sprouts Bhajjis

This is one veggie that is really a hard sell, to my son at least and we usually tend to have them as a side with pasta. But I got these really baby, tender ones at the grocery store and thought I should try something new with it and bhajjis were the result

Ingredients

25 brussel sprouts, head chopped and sliced down the middle

For the batter

1 cup of gram flour/kadalamavu/ besan

½ cup rice flour

2 tbsp curry powder

1 tsp sambar powder

1 pinch of Asafetida

Salt to taste

Curry leaves chopped

Oil to fry

Water enough to make the batter breamy smooth

Prepare the Brussel Sprouts

From past experience, I know that Brussel sprouts take a good long to time to get the salt or spice flavors into their inner layers – Therefore, I decided to boil them in water with some salt and sambar powder for about 3 minutes – no more

Prepare batter and keep ready using all the batter ingredients listed above

Remove and drain them in a colander

Pour enough oil to fry in a pan and heat

Dip the sprouts in the batter and drop in the hot oil

HINT – space out dropping them in a oil by a few seconds since they do tend to gravitate towards each other and get stuck –

Remove and place in a paper-towel lined bowl –

Serve hot with ketchup or enjoy just like that!

Cheers and love!