Chilli Bajji Recipe with step by step pictures. This Mirchi Bajji or Milagai bajji is made with Banana Peppers, Gram Flour and Rice Flour. It is perfect for winter or rainy days.
Chilli Bajji
This is my favourite bajji after onion bajji. There is another version which is a stuffed bajji. Will share that soon as well. Hot bajji is perfect with a cup of chai. There is few things you have to keep in mind when making the bajji or the bajji will get too spicy.So what i do is deseed my peppers and blanch it in salted boiling water. This way the spicyness is gone and the bajji taste yum.
How to Make Mirchi Bajji Recipe (Chilli Bajji Recipe)
- Slit open peppers and deseed it, bring lots of water to a boil, add some salt and take it off the heat. Drop the peppers in and cover it for 5 mins. Drain it and set aside.
- Take all the ingredients except peppers and oil in a bowl.
- Add water slowly and make it into a thick batter. The batter shoudn't be too thick.
- Heat oil for deep frying.
- Now dip the pepper in batter, fill the inside of the pepper with batter.
- Drop pepper in and fry till golden.
- Drain it in paper towel.
- Serve.
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Chilli Bajji Recipe | Milagai Bajji Recipe | Mirchi Bajji Recipe
Ingredients
- 10 Banana Peppers
- 1 cup Gram Flour
- ¼ cup Rice Flour
- 2 teaspoon Chilli Powder
- Salt to taste
- ¼ teaspoon Asafoetida
- 2 teaspoon Ginger Garlic Paste
- Baking Soda a pinch
- Oil for deep frying
- Water as needed
Instructions
- Slit open peppers and deseed it, bring lots of water to a boil, add some salt and take it off the heat. Drop the peppers in and cover it for 5 mins. Drain it and set aside.
- Take all the ingredients except peppers and oil in a bowl.
- Add water slowly and make it into a thick batter. The batter shoudn't be too thick.
- Heat oil for deep frying.
- Now dip the pepper in batter, fill the inside of the pepper with batter.
- Drop pepper in and fry till golden.
- Drain it in paper towel.
- Serve.
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Mirchi Bajji Recipe step by step pictures
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| Take some peppers |
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| slit open |
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| deseed it |
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| Bring water to a boil |
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| add salt to it |
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| Take it off the heat and Add in the peppers |
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| cover and let it rest for 5 mins |
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| Drain them and set aside |
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| Take gram flour and rice flour in a bowl |
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| Add in chilli powder |
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| some asafoetida |
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| and some salt |
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| add in very little baking soda |
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| some ginger garlic paste |
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| add in water |
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| make it into a smooth batter |
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| drop mirchi in, fill the inside with the batter |
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| fry in hot oil |
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| drain them |
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| enjoy hot |
Anonymous
It came out really tasty. Thanx.
Anonymous
That's great only postpone comments can be seen
Anonymous
hi Aarthi. ..mirchi bajji looks amazing and this is my all time favourite dish. . can you suggest me some tips for how to drain oil completely as my bajji absorbs too much of oil...
Aarthi
@Anonymousdont add too much cooking soda. it makes it absorb oil
Ambika Rathnam
Hi arthi, can I use jalapeno peppers for this bajji.. Process is same??
Ambika Rathnam
Can I use jalapeno peppers for doing this baji
Aarthi
@Ambika Rathnamif u can handle the spiciness u can use that
Anonymous
Hi Aarthi... Tried this... It was delicious... Thx for d recipe...👌👌