Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

---------------------------BATTER--------------------------------
1 c Chickpea flour 3 ts Cumin, ground
1/4 ts Baking soda 1 ts Salt
1 ts Turmeric 1 1/2 tb White or blue poppy seeds
1/2 ts Cayenne Oil for deep frying
2 ts Coriander, ground

-------------------------VEGETABLES------------------------------
Choose any or combinations: Cut into 1/4" rounds,
Potatoes, sweet potatoes, Eggplant, cut into 1/3" rds

Combine flour, soda, spices in a bowl slowly add about 1 c water.
The batter should be thin. Add poppy seeds to batter just before you
are ready to use it mix in.

Pour enough oil in a wok to come to 2" depth. Heat over a lowish
heat.

dip vegetables into batter fry in single layer in the wok. Fry,
stiring occasionally, for about 7 minutes or so. They should be
golden on both sides cooked through. Remove with a slotted spoon
drain well on paper towels. Do all vegetables this way. Serve with
beer. :)

Adapted from Madhur Jaffrey, "A Taste of India"
Submitted By MARK SATTERLY On 05-15-95

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