Usually this dish is made using "taikilo", a kind of leaves which you get in India during the rainy season. Here I don't get any "taikilo". So I used chopped collard greens.

Ingredients

	Chopped collard greens/Null	4 Cup (64 tbs)
	Rice/Null	1 Cup (16 tbs)
	Urad dal/Null	1 Cup (16 tbs)
	Red chillies/Null	18
	Salt/Null	To Taste
	Oil/Null	2 Cup (32 tbs) (For frying)
	Rice flour/Null	5 Tablespoon

Nutrition Facts

Serving size

Calories 1513 Calories from Fat 1031

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 117 g179.6%

Saturated Fat 15.3 g76.7%

Trans Fat 0 g

Cholesterol 0 mg

Sodium 170.5 mg7.1%

Total Carbohydrates 98 g32.8%

Dietary Fiber 18.5 g74.1%

Sugars 4.5 g

Protein 22 g44.4%

Vitamin A 342.1% Vitamin C 248.9%

Calcium 61.4% Iron 12.9%

*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet

Directions

Clean collard greens, remove the thick veins and chop them finely.

Soak rice for atleast one hour. dry roast urad dal till light brown.

Prepare the masala by adding rice, urad dal, red chillies, salt and very little water to make it to a very thick paste.

Now take chopped collard leaves in a bowl and add masala little by little and mix it well.

Heat oil in a kadai. Make medium sized balls from the collard greens mixture and flatten a bit. Now coat it with rice flour and deep fry till crisp.

Serve hot.

Comments

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ormtrm says :

Hi sarita, this recipe looks good but I have one question what is Collard Greens?

Posted on: 13 December 2007 - 2:14pm

AnjaliD says :

Very good recipe Sarita. My son is a bit allergic to Besan and for that reason I have almost stopped making Bhajias. But since this one uses rice flour, I am going to try this. Thanks.

Posted on: 12 December 2007 - 11:10pm

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