Golibaje
A delicious and crispy tea-time snack recipe made instantly with all purpose flour, curd and other spices.
Ingredients
- 1½ cups all purpose flour
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp hing
- 1 inch ginger, finely chopped
- 2-3 green chili, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp finely chopped curry leaves
- 1 tsp sugar
- salt, as required
- 2 cups curd
- oil, for frying
Instructions
- Except for the curd and oil, add the rest of the ingredients to a mixing bowl.
- Add curd and mix to form a batter. Beat the batter with your hand for 5-7 minutes to incorporate air into it. Let it rest for 2 hours before frying.
- Heat oil in kadai on medium flame.
- Mix the batter once and drop small amounts of the batter into the hot oil.
- Fry the bondas until golden-brown on all sides.
- Drain the bondas onto a plate. Repeat the process for the rest of the batter.
- Serve golibaje hot with coconut chutney or green chutney.
Notes
- The batter should neither be too thick nor too thin.
- Add some more flour or curd to adjust consistency.
- Beat the batter for 5-7 minutes to incorporate air into the batter. This makes sure that the golibajes are airy and not dense.
- Rest the batter for atleast an hour before frying.
- Fry the golibaje in medium flame. Make sure not to burn them.
- Adding sugar will give the golibajes a beautiful golden color. But, it is completely optional.