Stuffed Mirchi Bhajia | Mirchi Bhajia | Bajji

Stuffed Bajji Mirchi also called as Bhajia or Bhajia Mirchi is one of the popular evening snack in India, and it is a special Gujarathi snack.

Ingredients

1. Bajji Mirchi – 6 to 7 (slit into half)
2. Gram Flour – 1 cup
3. Rice Flour – 1 tablespoon
4. Cooked and peeled potatoes – 2
5. Onion finely chopped – 1 Large
6. A pinch of cooking soda
7. Carom seeds – 1 teaspoon
8. Cashewnuts – ¼ cup
9. Cumin powder -1/2 teaspoon
10. Garam masala – ¼ teaspoon
11. Chat masala – ½  teaspoon
12. Some coriander leaves for garnishing
13. Lemon juice – 1 tablespoon
14. Ghee – 1 tablespoon
15. Salt to taste
16. Cooking oil for deep frying
17. Some water for preparing the batter

Directions

1. First fry the cashewnuts. Fried cashewnuts give’s nice taste and crunchiness to your bajji.
2. Add ghee on a hot pan and add the cashewnuts.
3. Fry the cashewnuts until they become brown in colour.
4. Keep the fried cashewnuts aside.
5. Add cooking oil into the same pan for deep frying mirchi bhajias. Let the oil heat on low flame.
6. In the meantime, prepare the masala stuffing for the mirchi bhajias.
7. In a mixing bowl, add boiled potatoes and mash them completely and ensure that there no chunks.
8. Add cumin powder, garam masala powder, chat masala powder, some coriander leaves, fried cashewnuts and some salt to taste. 
9. Mix them all and be ready with your masala stuffing.
10. Put the masala stuffing inside the mirchi bhajias.
11. Prepare the batter for deep frying the mirchi bhajias
12. In a mixing bowl, add gram flour, rice flour, a pinch of cooking soda, some carom seeds and some salt to taste. By the way adding rice flour gives crispiness to your bajjias. 
13. Mix them all and add some water to prepare the batter and the batter should not be too thick or too thin in consistency.
14. When the batter is ready, take a stuffed mirchi and dip it in the batter. 
15. If the cooking oil is hot enough, put the mirchi bhajia into the pan and fry them until they are golden brown in colour. 
16. Flip them around every now and them to ensure that they are not over burnt.
17. When the stuffed mirchi bhajias are golden brown in color, transfer them to a serving plate.
18. Alright, the stuffed mirchi bhajias are ready to be served.
19. For garnishing, use tomato sauce or green chutney and some finely chopped onion or lemon juice. You can also use some coriander leaves.

Enjoy this wonderful recipe.

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