Preparation time
- Total: Approximately 45 minutes
- Preparation: 15 minutes
- Cooking: 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 8 Green Chillies - (large and less fiery variety)
- 2 Potatoes (Aloo) - boiled and mashed
- 1 cup Gram flour (besan)
- 1 teaspoon Ajwain (Carom seeds)
- 1 teaspoon Red Chilli powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Garam masala powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Chaat Masala Powder
- 1/4 teaspoon Amchur (Dry Mango Powder)
- 1/2 teaspoon Black Salt (Kala Namak)
- 1/2 teaspoon Cumin powder (Jeera)
- 2 tablespoons Coriander (Dhania) Leaves - finely chopped
- 1 Green Chilli - finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon Chaat Masala Powder - for garnish
- Salt - to taste
- Sunflower Oil - to deep fry
Instructions
- To begin making Rajasthani Mirchi Bada Recipe-Chilli Fritters, wash the chillies, slit them in length, deseed them and keep aside
- Boil the potatoes using a pressure cooker for 3 whistles
- Once cooled, peel and mash the potatoes and keep them aside
- Take a bowl, add the chickpea flour, red chilli powder, caraway seeds, salt and enough water to make a thick batter that coats the back of the spoon
- Keep aside
- Take a bowl, add the mashed potatoes, red chilli, cumin, garam masala, chaat masala, aam choor, kala namak, coriander leaves, green chilli and mix well to combine
- Now take the slit chillies, fill a portion of the potato mix inside and seal it tight, likewise fill the potato mix into all the chillies
- Heat oil in a wide pan on medium heat, to fry the mirchi badasNow, dip the chilli into the prepared besan batter
- Make sure the besan coats the chilli well from all the sides
- Drop it carefully into the oil, and let it fry for a minute on one side
- Flip over and cook the other side for another minute till the mirchi badas turn crisp
- Remove it into a plate lined with oil absorbent paper
- Likewise, fry the rest of the chillies as well
- Sprinkle some chaat masala on top of the mirchi badas and serve
- Serve the Mirchi Vada Recipe along with green chutney and masala tea for a tea time snack over the weekend
Other informations
The table below shows servings values and other necessary informations.
- Servings
- Cuisine
- Course
- Diet
- 4
- Rajasthani
- Snack
- Vegetarian