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Bringele Frire
(Egg Plant Fritters)
Piment Cari Frire
(Chili in Batter)
Du Pain Frire
(Bread slices fried in batter)

Ingredients:

  • 200 grams of besan (gram) flour
  • 1 tablespoon white flour
  • 1 tablespoon spring onion finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon crushed garlic
  • 1/4 teaspoon crushed ginger
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil for frying
  • 1 big round eggplant
  • green piment carri
  • bread slices (one day old)
  • Other variations:
    sliced potatoes or cauliflower florets .

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Method:

  1. Slice eggplant lengthwise in 1/4 - 1/2 cm thin slices. You may or may not cut the piment carri into halves lengthwise. Cut the bread slices into halves.
  2. Sift besan and white flours, together with the baking powder, into a mixing bowl.
  3. Add all the other batter ingredients, finely chopped spring onions, salt, crushed ginger and garlic to the sifted flours. Mix with sufficient water to form a non running batter that would cling to the eggplant, bread slices or piment carri.
  4. Heat oil over medium heat in frying pan.
  5. Wash in running water the eggplant slices. Dry with kitchen towel paper and dip each slice into the batter coating each side in a uniform manner. Deep fry battered eggplant slices a few at a time so that the battered pieces are not touching each other. Fry each side until a light brown golden colour is obtained. Be careful as the besan batter can easily get overcooked.
  6. Repeat same process with the bread slices and the piment carri.
  7. Drain on kitchen towel paper and serve hot with chilli sauce or chatigni pomme d'amour.
Alternative Batter: French Style

Ingredients:

  1. 1 1/4 cups (150 grams) plain white flour
  2. 1 tablespoon olive oil
  3. 2 eggs separated
  4. 2/3 cup (150 ml) milk
  5. Salt to taste
  6. For the vegetables:
    You can also use with this batter, zucchini and zuchinni flowers.

Method:

  1. Sift the flour into a mixing bowl. Whisk in the salt, milk and oil, then the egg yolks, whisking until the batter is smooth and homogenous.
  2. Cover and let rest for 2 hours.
  3. Beat the egg whites to stiff peaks and fold into the batter.
  4. Dip in the vegetables, then drop into the hot oil a few at a time. Fry for 1 to 2 minutes or until golden brown.

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