Name: Potato Mirch Bhajiya
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: bhavnagari green chilies 100gms; dry mango/umchur powder 1tbsp; salt 1tbsp; large potatoes boiled 5; red chili powder 1 tsp; finely chopped coriander leaves 2 tbsp; Salt to taste; Oil for deep frying

Potato Mirch Bhajiya

This is a spicy Indian snack consisting of chili (Mirchi) and potato stuffing, served hot with tomato chutney. It is a very famous dish in North India.

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine North Indian

Servings people

Ingredients

bhavnagari green chilies 100gms
dry mango/umchur powder 1tbsp
salt 1tbsp

For the potato coating:

large potatoes boiled 5
red chili powder 1 tsp
finely chopped coriander leaves 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying

Instructions

Slit the green chilies lengthwise.
Mix the dry mango/amchur powder and salt together and fill the mix in the slit green chilies.
Mash the boiled potatoes and add salt, red chili powder and chopped coriander leaves and mix well.
Mix the besan, red chili powder, turmeric powder/haldi, soda bi-carbonate and salt with some water to make a thick smooth batter and keep aside.
Coat the green chilies with the mashed potato.
Heat oil for deep frying.
Dip the potato coated chili in the besan/chic pea batter, coating evenly.
Gently slip it into the hot oil one by one and fry till they turn golden brown and crisp.
When they turn golden brown remove from the oil and drain on a kitchen towel.
Serve Potato Mirch Bhajiya with mint chutney.