Mirchi Vada

Full written recipe Mirchi Vada
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 20-25 minutes
Serves: 16-17 pieces

Ingredients:

Batter

• GRAM FLOUR | बेसन 2 CUPS
• SALT | नमक TO TASTE
• CAROM SEEDS | अजवाइन 1/2 TSP
• BAKING SODA | बेकिंग सोड़ा A PINCH
• WATER | पानी AS REQUIRED (ADDED GRADUALLY)

Filling

• WHOLE SPICES
• CORIANDER SEEDS | साबुत धनिया 1 TBSP
• CUMIN SEEDS | जीरा 1/2 TBSP
• FENNEL SEEDS | सौंफ 1/2 TBSP
• OIL | तेल 2 TBSP
• ASAFOETIDA | हींग 1/4 TSP
• GINGER, GARLIC & GREEN CHILLI PASTE | अदरक लहसुन और मिर्च की पेस्ट OF GARLIC 8 CLOVES, GINGER 2 INCH, GREEN CHILLI 4 NOS.
• POWDERED SPICES
• TURMERIC POWDER | हल्दी पाउडर 1/2 TSP
• KASHMIRI RED CHILLI POWDER | कश्मीरी लाल मिर्च पाउडर 2 TSP
• GARAM MASALA | गरम मसाला 1/4 TSP
• KASURI METHI | कसूरी मेथी 2 TSP
• HOT WATER | गरम पानी A SPLASH
• POTATO | आलू 5 MEDIUM SIZED (BOILED)
• DRY MANGO POWDER | आमचूर पाउडर 1 TBSP
• SALT | नमक TO TASTE
• ONION | प्याज़ 1 NO. (CHOPPED)
• FRESH CORIANDER | हरा धनिया A HANDFUL (CHOPPED)
• GREEN CHILLI | हरी मिर्च 16-17 NOS.

Method:

1. Add the gram flour, salt, carom seeds & baking soda into a large bowl & mix all the dry ingredients.
2. Further add water & start whisking the batter using your hands or a whisk, don’t add too much water at once, only add a little amount initially & whisk until all the lumps are gone.
3. Further add more water & adjust the consistency, the batter should not be too thick or too thick & make sure you whisk it vigorously to incorporate some air into the batter, once the batter is ready set it aside & let it rest until you make the filling.
4. Coarsely grind the spices using a mixer grinder jar or a mortar pestle.
5. Set a pan over high flame & add oil into it, let the oil heat up as well.
6. Further add the coarsely ground whole spices into the pan along with asafoetida, stir & cook over low flame for 30 seconds to a minute.
7. Add the powdered spices, kasuri methi & a splash of hot water, stir & cook the spices for 1-2 more minutes.
8. Crush the potatoes roughly using your hand & add it into the pan & mix well.
9. Further add dry mango powder & salt, then mash & mix everything using a potato masher.
10. Once everything is mashed, taste & adjust the salt & sourness as per your taste, then transfer the filling into a bowl & cool it down.
11. Further add the chopped onion & fresh coriander & mix well, the filling is ready.
12. Wash all the green chillies & pat dry them, make a slit in the chilli & then cut the tip.
13. Then deseed the chilli using a spoon, prep all the chillies similarly.
14. Further fill the chillies with the filling, make sure you press the filling in nicely, you can fill all the chillies at once & keep them ready.
15. Heat the oil to 165 C or until its moderately hot, then dip the chillies into the batter.
16. Lift the chilli up & let the excess batter drip off, then carefully drop the chilli into the hot oil & repeat the same process with the rest.
17. Fry the chillies over medium flame until golden brown & transfer them into a sieve.
18. Your delicious mirchi vadas are ready.