Mirchi Bajji and aloo bajji (chillies and potato snack)

Hi,

Most favorite snack from childhood memories is mirchi bajji. It reminds me of days spent in          Mysore at my Nanni's place (maternal grandmom) . Our Dassera vacation was most favorite time in Mysore with visits to exhibition, Mysore palace to see lighting, chamundi hills and KRS dam.

The favorite snack in exhibition was one big king size papad  and MIRCHI BAJJI.

Mirchi Bajji is big size chillies coated with gram flour batter and deep fried till crispy. Mouthwatering  snack especially for rainy days.

I have made some potato bajji for my little angel along with green mirchi bajji. We use Anaheim chillies as they are mild.

INGREDIENTS 

Anaheim  green chillies  :  8 numbers

Potato: 1 medium size

Besan , gram flour : 1/2 cup

Red Chilli powder : 1 teaspoon 

Turmeric powder : 1 / 2 teaspoon 

Salt: 3/4 teaspoon 

Baking soda : 1/4 teaspoon 

Ajwain , carrom seeds : 1/4 teaspoon 

Oil 1 cup for deep frying. 

Method 

1. Slit chillies from center to release heat. (I have cut chillies in halves coz my chillies are very long for my kadai)

2. Cut thin horizontal slices of potato .Use a slicer if u want.

3. Prepare batter by adding besan  (gram flour) in bowl, add red chiili powder , turmeric powder, salt,ajwain carrom seeds, baking soda and sift to break lumps and mix easily.

4. Add just enough water to make  batter consistency of pancake batter. Not too thin or thick.

TIP : 

If batter is too thin it will not coat chillies add little bean and mix again till it coats well and stays. And if batter is too thick add some water . 

5. Now dip chillies one by one in batter and deep fry till golden . 

6. Dip each potato slice in same batter and fry till golden 

Enjoy with tea in rain and snow!! 

Mushroom Manchurian

Take all the ingredients for making the batter in a bowl.

Ingredients for batter are – 

1 cup all purpose flour/maida, 3 tbsp cornflour, 1 tsp ginger garlic paste, ½ tsp black pepper powder or freshly crushed black pepper, 1 tsp soya sauce and salt & sugar as required

2: Add ¾ cup water and make a smooth batter. not too thick nor too thin.

3: Rinse, wipe and halve the mushrooms (200-250 gms button mushrooms).

4: Dip the mushroom in the batter.

5: Heat oil for shallow frying or deep frying. once the oil is moderately hot, then deep or shallow fry the mushrooms.

6: Once the mushrooms are golden browned, remove and keep them aside.

7: Heat oil in another pan or remove the extra oil from the pan in which we fried the mushrooms. add spring onions and stir fry them for a minute.

8: Add 2-3 chopped green chilies, 1 tsp finely chopped celery, 2 tsp garlic, 2 tsp ginger and some of the spring onion greens. stir fry for a minute.

9: Add bell pepper/capsicum (1 medium size green sliced, diced or chopped).

10: Stir fry till the capsicum gets cooked a little but still retains its crunchiness.

11: Finally add salt, sugar, 1 tbsp soy sauce and ½ tsp black pepper powder or crushed black pepper

12: Stir fry and mix well.

13: Add the fried mushrooms.

14: Stir fry and mix well so that the sauce coats the mushrooms.

15: Remove and serve mushroom manchurian hot garnished with some spring onion greens and/or celery…. enjoy