BEGUNI [crispy eggplant fritters]

Name: BEGUNI [crispy eggplant fritters]
Total time: 900 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 Purple Eggplant; as needed For deep fry - vegetable oil; for the batter :-; 4 tbsp All purpose flour; 2 tbsp Gram Flour; 1 tbsp Rice flour; 1 tsp Red Chilli powder; 1/2 Turmeric powder; to taste Salt; 1 tsp Nigella seeds; 1 tsp Poppy seeds; as needed Water

Moloy Pandit @cook_13448261

BEGUNI is very famous and mouth watering street food snack from Bengal.
It's basically a dish made from eggplant, dipped into batter and deep fried in hot oil. This snack is best for rainy days and goes very well with puffed rice , Tea or Coffee with few pinch of chaat masala or black salt sprinkled over it.

Moloy Pandit @cook_13448261

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Ingredients

15 mins

4 servings

2 Purple Eggplant
as neededFor deep fry - vegetable oil
for the batter :-
4 tbspAll purpose flour
2 tbspGram Flour
1 tbspRice flour
1 tspRed Chilli powder
1/2Turmeric powder
to tasteSalt
1 tspNigella seeds
1 tspPoppy seeds
as neededWater

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Steps

15 mins

1

Cut the eggplant into long and thin pieces.
2

To make the batter, add all the gram flours, chilli powder, salt, turmeric powder, Nigella seeds and water in a bowl.
3

Mix them very well with a spatula and make a smooth and thick batter.
4

Heat sufficient oil in a frying pan for deep frying.
5

Put the eggplants into the batter and coat them very well..
6

When the oil is heated, put the batter coated eggplant into the oil and fry them on medium to low heat until they become golden brown.
7

Drain oil and place them on plate.
8

Sprinkle some chat masala or black salt serve hot.