Vegetarian Christmas canape recipe for 4 - 8 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has red onion, flour, baking powder, curry paste, chilli, vegetable oil, natural yogurt, mint and garlic clove.
Red onion & chilli bhajis with mint & garlic raita
Course: Vegetarian Christmas canapé
Servings
4 - 8
servings
Prep time
15 mins
Ingredients
- Vegetable Oil: vegetable oil, for frying
- Garlic Clove: 1 small garlic clove, crushed
- Red Onion: 2 red onions
- Natural Yogurt: 150g tub natural yogurt
- Mint: 2 tbsp chopped mint
- Chilli: 1 red or green chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
- Baking Powder: 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Flour: 100g chickpea flour (gram flour)
- Curry Paste: 2 tsp curry paste or powder
Directions
- Finely chop one onion and thinly slice the other. Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl. Add the curry paste or powder, chopped chilli and a good sprinkling of salt. Add about 150ml of cold water to make a thick batter. Stir in the chopped and sliced onions until they are well coated.
- Mix together the raita ingredients with a little salt and pepper, then spoon into a small bowl. Heat about 5cm of oil in a wok or deep pan. Add a tiny speck of batter, if it rises to the surface surrounded by bubbles and starts to brown, then the oil is hot enough.
- Add heaped tbsps of onion mix to the pan, a few at a time, and cook for a few mins, turning once, until they are evenly browned and crisp, about 3-4 mins. Drain on kitchen paper, sprinkle with a little salt and keep warm while you cook the remaining bhajis. Serve with the raita.
