Mirchi Bajji Recipe - Karnataka style

Mirchi Bajji or simply called as Mirchi is a most popular tea time snack. Its also served as a snack in marriage party food. Here is the recipe for mirchi bajji.

Ingredients:
For Batter:
1 cup gramflour
3/4 warm water
1/2 cup chopped coriander leaves
1/4 ajwain seeds
1 tbsp salt
1/2 tbsp chillie powder

For Masala:
1/2 cup Besanflour
1 tbsp Tamrind pulp
1/2 cup Groundnut
1 tsp chillie powder
4 cup oil
1 tsp coriander powder
1 finally chopped onion
salt to taste

Method:
Slit the chillies in the middle(do not slice it), remove seeds and keep them in warm water for 5 minutes. Drain the water & keep them aside. Heat the pan and fry groundnuts without adding oil.
Mix tamarind pulp, roasted groundnuts, chillie powder, coriander powder, salt to taste if needed, little water(it should be like semi smooth paste and groundnuts should not be fully powdered) & grind it.
Now add chopped onion and above prepared grinded paste to besanflour so that masala will be ready.
In a bowl add gramflour, coriander leaves, chillie, powder, ajwain seeds, salt to taste and prepare a batter.

Take small quantity of masala and fill it to slitted chillie.

Dip the green chillie with stuffed groundnut masala in gramflour batter and deep fry in oil until it turns
golden brown. Remove & drain excess oil & you may keep it on tissue paper for absorbing excess oil. Serve the mirchies hot with tea/coffee.

Mirchi Bajji

You can also slit the above prepared mirchis, fill it with chopped onion & chat masala & serve it as a snack.

Mirchi Bajji Masala