Mirapakaya Bajji (Chilli Fritters)

Happy Women’s Day!

Ingredients:

Gram flour or besan-2 cups
Maida-1/2 cup
Green Chillies-5
Baking powder-a pinch
Salt-1 teaspoon
Ajwain (Vamu)-2 tablespoons
Onions-2
Lime-1
Oil for deep fry

Method:

1. Wash and slit the chillies. Remove the seeds and keep them aside.
2. In a large bowl, mix the gram flour, maida, salt and baking powder with water into a thick batter.
3. Grind azvine with a pinch of salt and 4 tablespoons of gram flour.
4. Fill the chillies with the grinded powder and heat the oil in a pan.
5. Dip the chillies one by one in the batter and fry them until they turn light golden in colour.
6. Let them cool and then dip them in the batter again and fry them until they turn into a nice golden colour.
7. Cut the onions and mix them with lime juice and karappodi.
8. Now slit the bajjies into half and fill them with the onion mixture.
9. Serve hot with tea…yummy…