Rajasthani Mirchi Vada

Chef's Name

:

Niru Gupta

Recipe Servings

:

5

Recipe Cook Time

:

20 Minutes

Recipe Rating

:

Tags: green chillies, rajasthani, snacks, tea time

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Ingredients

• 12-15 large green peppers
  
  1 cup besan (chick-pea flour)
  
  1 tsp salt
  
  Water (to mix the batter)
  
  Oil for deep-frying
  
  
  For the filling:
  250 gm potatoes, boiled, peeled and mashed
  
  2 tsp salt
  
  1 tsp chilli powder
  
  2 tsp amchoor  (dried mango powder)
  
  2 tsp coriander powder
  
  1/4 tsp asafoetida
  
  2 tsp saunf  (fennel seeds), crushed
  
  1 tsp green chillies, chopped 

Method

For the filling:

Mix together the potatoes,  salt, chilli powder, amchoor, coriander powder, asafoetida, green chillies


For the vada:

Wash and wipe the peppers, slit lengthwise, and de-seed.

Fill with the potato filling.

Mix the besan with the salt and enough water to form a thick, smooth paste.

Heat the oil till a drop of batter dropped in comes up at once.

Dip the pepper in the batter, and drop it into the hot oil.

Lower the heat to medium and fry till a golden colour.

Lift out and transfer on to an absorbent paper, before serving.

Key Ingredients: Green Chillies, Gram flour,Asafoetida, Coriander Powder, Potatoes