Mirchi Bajji / Chile Relleno Indian style

Hello Guys

P.S Mirchi here is Big Chilli or Big pepper

Mirchi bajji is all time favorite snack in rainy or in cool pleasant evenings. But here in USA we unfortunately don't have mirchi bajji vendors/foodtrucks on road side .God I miss all the street food I used to eat a lot of it with my friends,dad and mom. I know its unhealthy but once in a while we can enjoy it . So as soon as I saw long big mirchi's in market , I immediately bought them home to make mirchi bajji's .since I am using very large mirchi's I am stuffing them ,So lets see how to do tasty hot stuffed mirchi bajji's.

Ingredients

Mirchi's/ Large Chillies : 5 chick pea flour : as needed to dip mirchi's salt: as needed potatoes: 2 small for stuffing onions: 2 green chillies: 2 cumin seeds: 1 Tbsp Carom seeds: 2 Tbsp Peanuts: 1 Small cup red chilli powder: 1 Tbsp Cilantro: 4 Tbsp baking soda: 1 tbsp lemon juice: 2 Tbsp Oil : for deep frying .

Method:

1. Wash the mirchi's and make slit openings in each one of them.

2. For stuffing, boil the potatoes and make them in to small pieces.

3. Chop the onions,green chillies .

4. In a pan , add 1 Tbsp of oil and heat it. Now add cumin seeds,ajwain seeds,onions,green chillies fry them till onions turn pink and then add potatoes , green chilli powder. save some onions for garnishing.

5. Fry for few minutes till potatoes lose their raw flavor , turn off and cool the stuffing.

6.Take a big frying pan and pour oil for deep frying , heat it .

7. Take chick pea flour and add water till it makes thick paste with out any balls of chick pea flour. Dont add too much water , just make it like a slurry . You can see in the pictures attached.

8. carefully stuff the stuffing into the mirchi's , dont break the mirchi's while stuffing.

9. Now dip the stuffed mirchi's into the chickpea flour batter and drop into the oil.

10. Fry on both sides evenly till golden brown color.

11. take the mirchi bajji onto a paper tissue to absorb the excess oil . mix the saved onions, roasted peanuts , salt,coriander, lemon juice, 1/2 tbsp of red chilli powder very well for seasoning.

12. Make a slit on the fried mirchi bajji and stuff the above onions mixture lightly .

13. Serve hot with any chutney, ketchup or as it is.

Tips :

1. Stuffed mirchi bajji is also cut into pieces,fried again and served as "cut mirchi" .

2. Carom seeds give very nice taste for the bajji's as well as it is good for digestion.

3. Baking soda is optional , but it make the bajji fluffier.

4. If you have relatively small sized mirchi's , you need not use any stuffing .