Mirchi Bajji

Ingredients:

Green chillies - 1 medium
Chilly powder - 1/4 tbsp
Salt - as required
Oil - for deep frying
Gram flour / chick pea flour - 1 cup
Rice flour - 1/4 cup or 1 tbsp
Baking soda - a pinch
Jeera - 1/4 tbsp
Hing / Asafoetida- 1/4 tbsp

Method:

1) Slit Green chillies and remove the seeds inside.
2) In a bowl, mix gram flour, rice flour, salt, red chilly powder (a pinch), hing, jeera, baking soda and mix with water adding very little by little to get the flowing consistency.
3) In another pan, add oil and wait for it to be heated up.
4) Dip the slit green chillies in the gram flour batter and deep fry in oil until golden brown.

Sprinkle some Coriander cumin powder and Green chillies / Mirchi bajji is ready to be served.

Note:

1) Chilly powder can be replaced with sambhar powder.
2) Bottle gourd, bitter gourd, Beerakayi, Palakayi, sweet potato. potato can also be used.