Sunday 16 September 2012



Mirchi bajji                               

Ingredients:
long green chillies-10(pricked with the tip of a knife and decided)
1tsp of tamarind paste
3 tsps of sesame seeds powder
1/2 tsp of sugar
1 cup of gram flour
pinch of carom seeds(ajwain)
1/3 tsp of baking soda
1/3 tsp of chilli powder
water for making the batter
oil for deep frying
chopped onion for sprinkling on top
salt to taste

Procedure:

Wash the green chillies, slit them and remove the seeds. If chillies are too hot, Soak them in hot water by adding some salt for around 5-10 minutes.
Staffing: In a small bowl, add sesame seeds powder, tamarind paste, sugar and salt(according to your taste) mix all together and make thick batter from it, by adding little amount(2-3 tsp) of water.
Now fill the chillies with the staffing, place them aside.
Gram flour batter: In a medium size bowl add gram flour, chilli powder, baking soda, carom seeds and salt. Mix them all together by adding little water at a time, batter should not be watery or not too thick.(make sure that there are no lumps in the batter)
Heat oil in a deep frying pan. Now take each staffed green chilli and dip it in the flour batter and deep fry them (oil should  not be too hot).
Deep fry them on medium flame till they turn golden brown. Remove them on to the paper towel and serve hot with chopped onion.

Cut Mirchi:

Preparation:
Cut each mirchi bajji into 2-3 pieces, now dip each mirchi bajji pieces once again into the flour batter and deep fry them.
Fry them for a minute or so, remove them on to the paper towel and serve hot by sprinkling finely chopped onion on top.

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