Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups Chickpea flour or chillie bite mix
- ½ cup self raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- ¼ tsp tumeric
- 1 tsp salt
- 1-2 tsp red chilli flakes(depending how hot you like it
- 1 large onion, coarsely grated
- 2 handfuls finely shredded spinach leaves or lettuce leaves
- Oil for frying
Instructions
- Sift all the dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl.
- Add the remaining ingredients to the above.
- Mix in enough water to make a thick batter.
- Heat some oil in a large frying pan; add a heaped teaspoonful of this mix to the oil.
- Turn over when they are golden brown.
- Once the other side is golden brown, remove and drain on absorbent paper.
Serve hot with a chilli sauce
Tip:As a variation you can omit the spinach, grated onion and grated potato and also dip, sliced eggplant,cauliflower, potato or courgettes into the batter before frying.
Notes
Fry chilli bites over a medium heat otherwise they might end up being brown outside, but uncooked on the inside.
For potato chillie bites cut 2 large potatoes into round rings and omit the the onion and spinach .