My Mom’s Watermelon Rind Fries | Tarbooz Bhajiya

🧂 Ingredients

• 300 grams Watermelon Rind
• 5 Tablespoons Rice Flour
• 5 Tablespoons Besan Flour – Chickpea Flour

  Chickpea Flour
• 2 Tablespoons Ginger Garlic Paste
• 1 Tablespoons Red Chili Powder
• .75 Tablespoons Salt
• 1 Tablespoons Sugar
• .25 Tablespoons Asafoetida (Hing)

  Asafoetida

Instructions

• 1 Cut the watermelon rind into thin long slices and remove the skin.
• 2 In a pot, mix sugar, salt, red chili powder, garlic ginger paste, and hing and
  make a paste.
• 3 Add the watermelon rind pieces to the paste and marinate for an hour in the
  refrigerator.
• 4 Drain the juices from the watermelon pieces into another pot.
• 5 Add rice flour and besan (chickpea) flour to these juices and mix well to form a
  batter.
• 6 Add the watermelon pieces back to this pot and coat well.
• 7 Heat oil in a kadai, wok or deep pot and when hot add the watermelon pieces and
  fry.
• 8 Stir using a sieve while turning them over on all sides. Remove them after a few
  minutes of frying.
• 9 Place the fries on a paper towel to drain the excess oil.
• 10 Serve with green chutney or tomato sauce!

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