Bajji, Bonda, Pakoda & Vada are the most popular tea time snacks recipes in India especially South India. Most of us make these crispy, deep fried delicacies during weekends or for guests as evening snacks. My friends in Tamil nadu buy Aachi or Sakthi bajji bonda mix powder regularly.But in my family, both MOM & MIL never buy store bought bajji bonda mix. They make it fresh whenever needed. Both follow the same proportion of besan flour and rice flour to make bajji batter / Bajji maavu.
By learning from them, I can make different types of crispy bajji recipes at home easily. Not me, anyone can make it perfect if you know the right proportion of ingredients & the consistency of batter. I never thought of making homemade bajji, bonda mix recipe until Raksha started to eat them during weekends or holidays very often. Whenever I ask her choice of evening snacks, her reply would be mostly onion bajji or homemade cake. I don’t make cakes thinking about the consumption of maida.
So I prepare onion/potato bajji or pakoda based on her wish. Sometimes I feel lazy to make it. So I started making bulk quantity of my own, homemade bajji, bonda mix and store in refrigerator for a month. It stays good even without refrigeration. I don’t add food color or cooking soda in the mix. I add them while making bajji only if needed. Lets see how to make bajji, bonda mix at home easily! If you have this mix in hand, you can make varieties of bajji, bonda or pakoda in just 5 minutes. I hope all the moms like me would find this post useful.
Do check out my rava upma mix and instant poha upma mix recipes too.
Check out Raw banana bajji, Potato bajji, onion bajji, Karpooravalli bajji, aloo paneer bonda, Potato bonda, Instant bonda, Mangalore bonda, millet flour pakoda.
Homemade Bajji, Bonda Mix Recipe
Homemade Bajji, Bonda, Pakoda mix – How to make bajji, bonda mix recipe at home
Cuisine: Indian
Category: Snacks Recipes
Yields: 1.5 cups
Prep time: 5 Minutes
Cook time: 10 Minutes
Total time: 15 Minutes
1 cup – 250ml
- Gram flour / Besan flour – 1.5 cups
- Rice flour – 1/2 cup
- Asafetida / hing – 1/2 tsp
- Red Chilli Powder – 1.5 to 2 tbsp (Adjust based on spice level)
- Orange Red food color – 2 pinches ( optional)
- Cumin seeds or ajwain/omam – 1.5 tsp
- Cooking soda or baking soda – 1/2 tsp (optional, You can add a pinch of soda while making bajji.)
To make bajji, bonda or pakoda
- Bajji, bonda mix – as needed
- Vegetables like onion, potato, brinjal, raw banana
- Water – as needed
- Cooking soda or baking soda – a pinch ( If needed)
- Cooking oil – to deep fry
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HOW TO MAKE BAJJI BONDA MIX – METHOD
- In a wide bowl, mix the besan flour, rice flour, red chilli powder, cumin seeds or ajwain, salt, food color ( if using) and mix well. If you want, you can sieve the flour, salt, chilli powder for uniform mixing and then add cumin seeds. Adding soda in the mix makes the bajji absorb more oil while frying. So I add baking soda just before making bajji.
- To make bajji or bonda : Take the required quantity of bajji mix in a bowl. Add a pinch or dash of cooking soda if you have not added already. Mix well. Add water to make a slightly thick batter. If the batter is too thick, vegetables won’t get coated properly. If the batter is thin, bajji will have tails. So add water gradually. Dip the vegetable in the batter, deep fry till golden in color. Please refer my ONION BAJJI RECIPE & POTATO BONDA for more details.
- To make onion pakoda : Take the required quantity of bajji mix in a wide bowl. Add thinly sliced onion and mix well. Rest for 5 minutes. Add water and make a thick paste. Onions should be coated well. Add some hot oil and make pakoda. I will try to make a detailed post soon. Check out my Millet flour onion pakoda if interested.
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Note
- Adjust the quantity of chilli powder as per your taste.
- Adding Kashmiri chilli powder gives a nice color to the bajji. You don’t need to add food color too.
- You can store this mix upto one month.
- For masala flavor, you can add garam masala powder & ginger-garlic paste while making bajji.
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Make this easy mix at home. Enjoy bajji, bonda anytime !
