🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Mirchi Bajji Rajasthan Style

Name: Mirchi Bajji Rajasthan Style
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste; to taste Salt; 2 Green Chili; 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder; for deep frying Vegetable Oil; a pinch Asafoetida; 1 Lemon; 1 cup Gram Flour; 1/2 tsp Ajwain; 1 cup, chopped Peanut Oil; 2 tbsp Rice Flour

🇮🇳 Indian

Thick-batter chilli bajji with lemon squeeze, the Jodhpur mirchi vada cousin. Fried gold, built for rainy afternoons and strong chai. Plate with fried green chilies and a dusting of chaat masala.

Prep 20 min Cook 20 min Serves 3 Medium

Ingredients

Ginger Garlic Paste1 tsp
Saltto taste
Green Chili2
Turmeric Powder1/2 tsp
Vegetable Oilfor deep frying
Asafoetidaa pinch
Lemon1
Gram Flour1 cup
Ajwain1/2 tsp
Peanut Oil1 cup, chopped
Rice Flour2 tbsp

Instructions

1
Combine the green chili with the gram flour and the flours; add water slowly — the batter should coat a spoon, not run off it.
2
Heat oil for deep-frying to 175C — a crumb of batter should rise immediately, fizzing, without darkening fast.
3
Fry in batches of six or so, nudging them apart; crowding drops the oil temperature and the crunch.
4
Cook three to four minutes a side until the sizzle quietens, then drain on a wire rack.
5
Pile up, salt lightly, and serve with mint chutney and ketchup within arm's reach.

Chef's tip

A spoon of hot oil in the batter makes fritters fry up lighter.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Mirchi Vada Recipe - Rajasthani Mirchi Vada - Mirchi Vada Bajji - Mirchi Bhajji · on YouTube