Alternative to Buckwheat Flour?

pixie1

I want to cook oven baked onion bhaji's and the recipe that was recommended on this site uses Buckwheat Flour.

Im not sure how easy this is to get so i wanted to see if there was an alternative i could use if i cant find this?

Any help would be great

Thanks

Pix

angeltreats

Traditionally onion bhajis are made with chickpea/gram flour and that's what I always use. I've never heard of them being made with buckwheat flour.

alec_eiffel

I use that recipe too but use gram flour, it's easier to get hold of and the bhajis turn out wonderfully.

zippychick

What recipe is everyone on here using? I would like a bahji (sp?) recipe you can oven bake rather than deep fry! Or even shallow fry. I'm not into big pans of oil lying around.

I would use gram flour too, available from any good ethnic supermarket. I'm also wanting to try making pakoras!

I'll merge this with our replacement thread later

Zip

pixie1

Im not sure if i should re-write the recipe or link to the site so please mods let me know if ive done this wrong.

This is the recipe.
http://jeenaskitchen.blogspot.com/2007/12/onion-bhaji-recipe.html

Thanks for your help

Pix

Sambucus_Nigra

pixie1 wrote: »

Im not sure if i should re-write the recipe or link to the site so please mods let me know if ive done this wrong.

This is the recipe.
http://jeenaskitchen.blogspot.com/2007/12/onion-bhaji-recipe.html

Thanks for your help

Pix

If you look at the comments there are lots of questions about using chickpea [gram] flour instead. Save buckwheat for pancakes - gram flour for bhajis all the way!

PennyGSD

That would explain why when I made some oven baked falafel for the first time the other day, theire taste and texture was remarkably like onion bhaji as I think I overdid the curry spices. I didn't realise chick pea flour was the usual ingredient in Bhajis.

I am definately going to set out to make an onion bhaji mix in future using mashed up chick peas and just a tablespoon on flour to bind the onion mixture together - much more practical for baking in the oven, and much lower points when following Weight Watchers.

angeltreats

I'm going to have to have a go at this. I'm on a diet (again) and I love onion bhajis but have temporarily retired my deep fat fryer until I'm thin again