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Oven Baked Onion Bhaji

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Ingredients
  

  • 500 g of onion halved and sliced, 17.5oz
  • pinch of garlic powder
  • pinch of ginger
  • pinch of turmeric
  • 1/4 cup of canned chickpeas drained
  • 1/3 cup of sweet potato ,grated
  • leave salt to season optional - out for little ones
  • 1 tsp of ajwain seeds if you can't get these use cumin seeds
  • 1 egg
  • olive oil spray
  • ½ cup of yogurt
  • bunch of fresh mint finely chopped
  • juice of half a lemon
  • 1 tsp of maple syrup
  • tablespoon of ghee or oil of choice

Method
 

  1. Add ghee to a frying pan over a medium heat with oil. Add onion
  2. Fry until lightly golden (this will take about 10 mins, don't be tempted to turn heat up, or you will burn onions)
  3. Add the garlic, ginger and turmeric and fry for another minute
  4. Remove from heat and set aside to cool
  5. Preheat oven to 200c or 400f (gas mark 4)
  6. Add the chickpeas to a mini food processor with the egg and pulse till smooth.
  7. Add this to a bowl with the grated sweet potato, onion, ajwain seeds
  8. Mix to combine
  9. Line a baking tray with parchment paper and spoon 8 equals sized amounts of the mix onto the tray.
  10. Spray over the top with top with olive oil spray and bake in the oven for 30 mins, till golden.
  11. Mix together the yogurt, mint, lemon juice and maple syrup and serve this on the side.