easy stuffed mirchi bajji recipe | stuffed menasinakai bajji | milagai bajji recipe
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 10 minutes
- Total time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 4 Serving
- Category: snacks
- Cuisine: south indian
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
Method
besan batter recipe:
- firstly, take besan, rice flour, chili powder, haldi, hing and salt. mix well.
- furthermore, add water and make a smooth batter.
- also add a pinch of baking soda and mix gently.
stuffing recipe:
- firstly take mashed potatoes, green chili, ginger, coriander leaves and onion.
- also add haldi, red chili powder, jeera, aamchur, salt and hing.
- mix well.
mirchi stuffing recipe:
- firstly, slit green chili at the centre and remove seeds.
- also stuff the potato stuffing into the chili.
- dip the stuffed chili into besan batter, coat and deep fry to golden brown.
- finally, serve stuffed potato mirchi bajji / mirapakaya bajji.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.