What are these delicious Indian snacks called/are they actually Indian?

[BlowDryRat]

Where I grew up, there was an Indian sweet shop where you could order mixed bhaji and get deep-fried chillies and deep-fried potato slices with a watery chutney. I've never been able to find them anywhere else. What are they called and where should I be looking?

I can only think of the watery stuff you get with pani puri. Not sure about the potato and chilli. Was it like little bits of crispy puffy things with stuff inside?!

No, just seemed to be whole big green chillies and thin slices of potato battered and deep-fried.

Yes they are! Potato ones are called crispy bhajia and chilli ones matcha (chilli) bhajia

Hi, were they coated in besan? (Gram flour) if so I think they were just pakoras. Bhajis is what what take aways call pakoras I’m pretty sure. You can make pakoras from potato slices, aubergine slices, whole chillies, onions and potatoes finely diced.....

www.sanjanafeasts.co.uk/blog/2019/12/crispy-potato-bhajias/

I would have thought they are just potato and chilli pakoras.
What gets called a bhaji in the likes of sainsbury's is actually a pakora, and it can be onion, potato, courgette, aubergine, even spinach. It's all made with the same batter, just different veg, and then deep fried. An aubergine pakora, all soft and melty inside, is a beautiful thing.
The sauce is just some sort of dipping sauce. Was it white? With chopped coriander and mint? If so probably yogurt based.

Interesting if some areas call what I would describe as a pakora a bhaji. I've heard bhaji used for shallow fried mixed veg. Still means fried though, but not deep fried

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That's the one! And chilli bhajia. MN is the best.

The dip was quite watery but brown and spicy, not yoghurt-based.

The dip might have been tamarind?

Tamarind is possible.

Now I just need to find somewhere that makes it.

Makes tamarind or the pakora?

They’re very easy to make. It’s a gram flour batter. A basic batter needs chilli, salt and other

Spices are optional if you don’t have them handy.

Tamarind chutney is a bit more effort but I buy it in a bottle from the Asda world food aisle.

If you are anywhere near South Wales, they do potato bhajia (with tamarind chutney) in the Vegetarian Food Studio in Cardiff. They are amazing!

Oh I want these now!! 😀😀

I bought ready made tamarind dip in either Tesco or Waitrose. It is one of the most delicious things ever

@5zeds

Makes tamarind or the pakora?

All of it. I'm far too much of a wuss to deep-fry anything.

Gol gappa/pani puri. Little puffed crispy bites, punch a hole in the middle with your thumb and fill with potato, green chutney, yoghurt, tamarind, onion, coriander. Mouth watering. Soooo good!