Recipe: Mirchi Bajji

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups besan
  • Salt – to taste
  • Water
  • Onions – chopped fine
  • 2 Tbsp dry coconut powder
  • Chat masala
  • 16 green peppers
  • 1 Tbsp coriander powder
  • 1 Tbsp ajwain – crushed
  • 8-10 Tbsp tamarind paste
  • 1/2 Tbsp brown sugar

Procedure :

For the stuffing:

  • Make a paste of tamarind, coriander powder, coconut powder, ajwain, salt and the brown sugar.

For the peppers:

  • Make slits to the green peppers length-wise and remove the seeds from them.
  • Boil them on a low flame with salt till they become soft.
  • Drain the water and keep them aside.
  • Now mix the besan with water and make a thick batter and add little salt.
  • In a pan add oil for deep frying.
  • Take the stuffing paste and fill the slit chillies with a spoon and dip it in the besan batter and put the chilly immediately in the pan and deep fry.
  • Repeat the process for the other chillies as well.
  • Garnish with chat masala
  • And serve hot with chopped onions.