Something I tried today that I would like to share. Added about a tea spoon of ginger/garlic paste to the mixture. Kinda gave it a kick.
yeah i too add ginger garlic paste (little), zeera, chaat masala, red chilli powder ( if i have fresh green pepper, I add them too and use less red chilli powder), salt, and baking soda.
Sara, also add water slowly as you mix the besan. fry them on medium or medium low heat. You don't need a deep fryer, I just fry them in a cooking pot and mine are mostly shallow fry.
I never measure the besan or the spices so can't exactly tell you the spice ratio. Just look at your besan and the amount of veggies you are adding to it and then make an estimate.