Badanekai Bajji 

Badanekai Bajji /stuffed brinjal pakoda (fritters) is a famous North Karnataka snack. It is a popular street food of Gadag district in Karnataka. (Badanekai is a Kannada word for brinjal and bajji means pakoda)

Heat oil. Add

Heat oil. Add cumin seeds, chopped garlic, ginger, chillies, curry leaves and chopped corainder leaves. Saute

Transfer the ingredients to a mixer jar. Add tamarind and salt.

Blend to a coarse paste

In a mixing bowl, add besan, rice flour, ajwain, salt, baking soda. 

Add water and whisk well

Cut the brinjal into thin slices in such a manner that two slices of brinjal are joined at one end.

Apply green masala 

Dip in besan batter 

Deep fry