Ingredients

• Gram flour/ Besan – 2 heap cups
• Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
• Baking soda – 2 pinches
• Yogurt – 3-4 cups
• Water or milk – 3/4 cup
• Sugar- as required
• Salt – as required

 For seasoning

• Oil – 2 tbsp
• Cumin seeds – tsp

For Garnish

• Cumin powder
• Red chilli powder
• Chaat masala
• Finely chopped coriander leaves

Method

• Sieve gram flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl. This helps to remove any lumps in the gram flour and mixes the dry ingredients
• Add chili powder, turmeric powder and ginger garlic paste to the gram flour and mix using water little by little until you make a paste of dropping consistency
• Meanwhile heat oil in a kadai. Once it’s hot, take the gram flour mixture in a spoon and push using another spoon into the hot oil. Fry the bhallas till light brown
• Immediately transfer into a bowl with luke warm water and let it remain for 10-15 minutes. Remove the bhalla from water one by one. Press them lightly and squeeze out all the water
• Place them in the serving dish
• Beat yogurt, add water or milk so that the yogurt is a little liquidy. Add salt and sugar as required and mix well. Pour this yogurt mixture on the bhallas
• Heat oil in a small pan and add cumin seeds. Once it splutters, pour them on the bhallas
• Garnish with red chilli powder, cumin powder, chaat masala and finely chopped coriander leaves
• Serve it chill. You can also top it with date and tamarind chutney! 🙂