stuffed mirchi bajji recipe | stuffed menasinakai bajji | milagai bajji recipe

Ingredients

for besan batter:

• 1 cup besan / chickpea flour / gram flour
• ¼ cup rice flour / chawal ka atta
• 1 tsp kashmiri red chili powder / lal mirch powder
• ½ tsp turmeric powder / haldi
• pinch of asafoetida / hing
• salt to taste
• ¼ cup water, or as required to prepare batter
• pinch of baking soda / sodium bicarbonate

for stuffing:

• 2 potatoes, boiled and peeled
• 1 green chilli / hari mirch, finely chopped
• 1 inch ginger, grated
• 2 tbsp coriander leaves, finely chopped
• ½ medium sized onion, finely chopped
• ¼ tsp turmeric powder / haldi
• salt to taste
• ½ tsp kashmiri red chili powder / lal mirch powder
• ½ tsp jeera / cumin seeds
• pinch of hing / asafoetida
• ½ tsp aamchur powder / dry mango powder

other ingredients:

• 4 large chilli / green bullhorn chillies / bhavnagri mirchi / bajji menasu
• oil for deep frying

Steps

besan batter recipe:

1. Combine the besan, rice flour, chili powder, haldi, hing and salt thoroughly.
2. Add water and mix into a smooth batter.
3. After adding a pinch of baking soda, mix gently.

stuffing recipe:

1. Gather the mashed potatoes, green chili, ginger, coriander leaves and onion for the stuffing.
2. Put in the haldi, red chili powder, jeera, aamchur, salt and hing next.
3. Mix the stuffing thoroughly.

mirchi stuffing recipe:

1. Slit the green chili down the centre and remove its seeds.
2. Fill the chili with the potato stuffing.
3. Dip the stuffed chili in the besan batter to coat, then deep-fry until golden brown.
4. Serve the stuffed potato mirchi bajji / mirapakaya bajji.