Vista

Delicious and gluten-free.

Ingredients

• 3 oz gram flour
• 2 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp mixed spice
• 4 tbps water
• 4 oz grated onion
• 4 oz grated potato
• 1 large onion, sliced
• 5 tbsp oil
• Kitchen roll

Method

1. Mix together the dry ingredients
2. Add the water to the dry ingredients and mix to a smooth batter
3. Stir the grated onion and potato into the batter
4. Stir in the sliced onion
5. Heat the oil
6. Gently drop spoonfuls of the mixture into the hot oil
7. Flip each bhajji over when the bottom side becomes golden brown
8. Once both sides of the bhajji are brown, remove it from the oil and place it on kitchen roll to soak off some of the oil

Result

Approximately 8 onion bhajjis (depending on how large you make them).

Having bitten the bullet and deleted a batch of apps that I like but don’t use very often, because my phone was low on space, I almost immediately installed a new one…

Bites is very simple recipe manager, in interface and functionality; beautifully quick and easy to use. What makes it special, though, for me, is its integration with OI Shopping List: at the press of a button in Bites, I can add all of the ingredients I need to my shopping list.

If I already have an ingredient, I can tick it off before I copy it across and only the ingredients I really need will be added. If, like me, you have more than one list set up in OI Shopping List, the process allows you to specify which one, exactly, the ingredients should be added to. Also, to help you remember why it’s essential that you buy black treacle this week, the name of the recipe it’s required for (fruit cake) is appended to each ingredient name in the Shopping List.

The only feature that I miss, from both apps, is the option to specify the name of an ingredient/item and the quantity required separately. I’ve requested this from both app makers and have my fingers crossed that it’ll be added in the New Year.

Christmas planning is going so much more smoothly with the help of these two apps (and RTM), though. Only a zillion things left to do..!