{"id":95340,"date":"2017-11-21T22:43:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T22:43:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-01-06T21:38:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T21:38:15","slug":"beetroot-bhajis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/21\/beetroot-bhajis\/","title":{"rendered":"Beetroot Bhaji\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Since first tasting Indian food many, many years back I have always loved onion bhajis and over the last few years gone a bit more experimental with making my own \u2013 we all adore my aubergine bhaji\u2019s and they are a regular make in our house but sometimes its nice to try something new and I\u2019d had a packet of beetroot in the fridge lurking in the hope of a sunnier today but as the weather has been so utterly vile this winter, salad has not been on the menu and I found myself looking for alternative uses..<\/div>\n
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These really were made up essentially as I went along and a nod towards the aubergine <\/a>ones I make, and despite making a separate batch of red onion bhajis for beetroot hating dad \u2013 he actually ending up enjoying the beetroot ones! You can make them gluten free by using an alternative flour to the plain flour – I’ve used Dove’s farm in the past with excellent results.<\/div>\n
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The beetroot is earthy and sweet but given a lift with the aromatic mint and spices and the crispy batter makes them rather moreish! You have been warned! Bhaji\u2019s are very easy to make, and you can re-heat them in a warm oven so are handy to make ahead of your meal. They are also very cheap to make and are a great, easy little starter or a side to your dinner!<\/div>\n
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Makes about 18 bhaji’s depending on your spoon size!<\/div>\n
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260g diced cooked beetroot<\/div>\n
\u00bd red onion, diced<\/div>\n
1 tsp ground coriander<\/div>\n
2 tsp yellow mustard seeds<\/div>\n
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1 tsp dried mint<\/div>\n
150g gram flour<\/div>\n
50g plain flour<\/div>\n
250ml ice cold water<\/div>\n
Sunflower oil for frying<\/div>\n
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Dice the beetoot and onion into 1\/2cm cubes, place in a bowl with all the spices and toss together.<\/div>\n
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Seperately sieve the flours together, and mix in the water to form a batter, whisk well and mix in the vegetables.<\/div>\n
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Heat 1 inch of sunflower oil in a deep saucepan (or deep fat fryer) and once a little drop of batter browns within 30 seconds, place spoonfuls of the mixture carefully into the hot oil. Ideally wear an apron as they can spit! Fry them for about 3 minutes, then gently flip over for a further 2-3 minutes or until bubbling and the batter has cooked through. Use a heatproof spoon to occasionally spoon the hot oil over the bhajis to help cook through but very carefully – it will be very hot!<\/div>\n
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If the oil starts getting too hot and the mixture is burning then turn down the temperature a little. Place the cooked bhaji’s onto kitchen paper and repeat with the remaining mixture.<\/div>\n
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Serve with raita to dunk into.<\/div>\n
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I have sent my recipe over to the ‘Inspired Fakeaway’s #Recipe of The Week<\/a>‘ post held at A Mummy Too this week:<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since first tasting Indian food many, many years back I have always loved onion bhajis and over the last few years gone a bit more experimental with making my own \u2013 we all adore my aubergine bhaji\u2019s and they are a regular make in our house but sometimes its nice to try something new and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95340"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}