Bihari Hare Chane Ka Bachka | Chana ke Bachka
Hare chane ka Bachka- shallow fried pancake made with fresh green chick peas , gram flour and basic spices- a Bihari recipe made specially on Holi
Servings: 3 People
Ingredients
- 1 cup Fresh green gram/choliya
- 3/4 cup Gram flour / Besan
- 3/4 cup Rice Flour / Chawal Ka Atta
- 2 Green Chillies / Hari Mirch finely chopped
- 1/3 cup Fresh Coriander / Cilantro / Hara Dhaniya chopped
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
- 1 tsp Red Chilli powder / Laal mirch powder
- pinch of Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
- to taste Salt / Namak
- pinch Asafoetida / Hing powder
- enough Cooking Oil to shallow fry
Instructions
- Take a big bowl and add gram flour and rice flour in it and mix.
- Now add all the dry spices in it and add fresh gram , green chili and mix.
- Add enough water to make a medium thick batter. It should be thinner then the pakora batter.
- Now add fresh coriander and let it rest for 5 minute if you have time.
- Take a wide deep pan and add some oil in it to shallow fry. 1/2 inch deep oil is enough for frying these, don't add too much oil in the pan.
- Now heat the oil and add a ladle full of batter in the oil and let it fry for few minutes and when it looks cooked from the sides then flip the side and cook from the opposite side too.
- You can fry 3-4 bhabra together in the pan, depending on the size of your pan, so try to choose a wide shallow pan for making these.
- When done then remove from the pan and drain on a paper napkin to absorb the excess oil.
- Serve hot with ketchup or green chutney.
Notes
Note-
- You can fry these bhabra either in refined oil or use mustard oil.
- If fresh green gram/choliya is not in season then you can make these with soaked kala chana .