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Goli Baje (soft and spongy bondas)
A Mangalorean delicacy✨️
Ingredients
1 cup maida (all-purpose flour)
2-3 tbspns curd ( little sour)
½ tsp sugar
½ tbsp rice flour( for crispness)
½ tsp cumin seeds
2 to 3 finely chopped green chillies,
Finely chopped 7-8 curry leaves
1 tblspn chopped fresh coconut pieces
2 tspn chopped coriander leaves
¼ tsp baking soda
4-6 tbspn water
Salt to taste
Oil for frying
In a bowl take maida and rice flour. Rice flour gives some crispness.
add the curd.Now add cumin seeds,chopped curry leaves, chopped green chillies, fresh coconut pieces and chopped coriander leaves. sugar and salt to taste.Mix nicely. Add water in parts to get a thick batter. Add baking soda and rest it for 2 hours.
After resting the flour , if you find it runny add some maida .
Heat oil in a frying pan, when the oil is medium hot, you can use your fingers to drop blobs into the oil. Fry on both sides. When both sides turn golden and crispy , remove the goli bajes on tissue paper to remove excess oil.
Serve the hot crispy goli bajes with coconut chutney
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