By Niveditha Kalyanaraman
October 12th, 2023
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This is a spicy and savoury snack made with green chillies or also known as jalapenos. It is a perfect evening snack with a cup of tea or coffee, especially during monsoon or winter season. It is generally eaten as it is without any sides but tastes great with dips like green chutney, tomato sauce or schezwan chutney. Here's the recipe for Mirchi Bajji.
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4 green chilli, large 2 cup gram flour / besan 2 tbsp rice flour ¼ tsp ajwain / carom seeds ¼ tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt ¾ cup water 1 tbsp oil Oil for frying
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Take long green chilis and slit at the centre and remove seeds. Prepare the bajji batter by taking besan and rice flour in a large mixing bowl. Also add ajwain, baking soda and salt. Mix well making sure everything is combined well.
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Add water as required and prepare a lump free thick batter. Further pour hot oil over the batter and mix well to smooth and silky batter. Now dip the green chilli and coat it with besan batter completely. Wipe off slightly, exposing green chilli slightly.
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Deep fry in hot oil dropping batter coated chillis slowly. Keeping the flame on medium, flip over and fry all the sides. Fry until the bajjis turn crisp and golden brown. Finally enjoy mirchi bajji with sauce or chutney.
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