MIRCHI BHAJI

Welcome to my cookbook Cookerypoint - Ila's Kitchen. I used to remember my rainy days in India...Wow, my mom used to make vada, bhaji with hot tea. It was heaven to have bhaji and tea, sitting and watching the rain. I am missing those days ... Hmmm today our recipe is Mirchi Bhaji. It is a famous South Indian Recipe.It is a popular Indian Street food especially in TamilNadu. It is called as Milaakai bhaji in Tamil. There are varieties of stuffings used inside bhaji. I prefer potato stuffing here. Tha main ingredient is Banana Pepper or long chilli. Lets go to our recipe....

MIRCHI BHAJI

Ingredients:

For Batter:

Gramflour - 2 cups
Baking soda - 1/2 tspn
Banana pepper - 6 no
Ajwin seeds - little
Cumin seeds - little
Chilli powder - 2 tspn
Salt as required
Water as required

For Stuffing:

Potato - 2 no
Chilli powder - 1 tspn
Amchoor powder - 2 pinches
Lime juice - 2 tspn
Salt as required

Preparation:

Stuffing:

First we gonna make stuffing for peppers.
Boil and mash the potatoes well.
Add salt, chillipowder, amchoor powder and lime juice to it.
Mix them well. Chat Masala can also be used. Now stuffing is ready.
Cut the pepper in vertical slits and clear out the seeds.
Stuff the potato mixture inside pepper.

Bhaji preparation:

Take a bowl, add ajwin,cumin,gramflour,chillpowder,salt and baking soda.
Add little water and make thick batter.
Make sure that lumps are not formed.
Now dilute the batter for the required consistency.
Batter should not be thick or thin.
Now dip the stuffed peppers in batter,and drop it in medium heated oil.
Deepfry the peppers on bothside. Now Mirchi baaji is ready.

YUMMY AND HOT BHAJI

Serving Suggestion:

Mirchi Bhaji can be served with steaming tea and with any kind of chutney. This South Indian Recipe can be served as Evening snacks.

I am sending this recipe to Rahika's  Deep Fried Snacks Event.