Bajj Ambade is a traditional Udupi dish, usually served as a 4 o’clock snack.
Ingredients for Bajj Ambade:
1. Urud dal (black gram dal) – 2 cups
Bengal gram dal – ½ cup
2. Water – 1.5 cups
3. Salt – As needed
4. Oil – For deep frying
For Baje:
5. Coconut scraped – 1 cup
Mustard – 2 small spoons
Tamarind – Gooseberry-sized
Red chillies – 10
Jaggery – Lemon-sized
Salt – For taste
6. Asatafeodia – A pinch
Curry leaves – A handful
Green chillies – 2, chopped fine
How to prepare Bajj Ambade?
1. Soak both dals in water for 1 hour.
2. Drain water and make a fine paste.
3. Add salt, and grind once more.
4. Make gooseberry-sized balls from this batter and deep fry in hot oil.
5. The balls should be fried till golden brown. They are called Ambade.
6. Make a fine paste of ingredients no: 5.
7. The paste should be thinner than dosa batter.
8. Add ingredients no: 6 to it and boil it well.
9. Take off the flame and add ambade balls.
10. Serve Bajj Ambade after half an hour.
Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine April 1-14, 2010
Also read a few all-purpose flour (maida) snack dishes. Here is the page link. Click on the images in the gallery to read.
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