MIRAPAKAAYA BAJJILU / STUFFED CHILLY FRYS

INGREDIENTS:

1.Green chillys............................10 to 12 big and long.

2.Besan ( gram flour).................1/2 cup.

3.Oil............................................for deep frying.

4.Onion.......................................1 big.

5.Cilantro..........................

STUFFING:

1.Carom seeds (Vaamu / Ajwain)......................................1 t sp.

2.Red chilly powder...................1 t sp.

3.salt................

4.Tamarind pulp.........................1 t sp.

5.Cumin powder..........................1/2 t sp.

6.Coriander powder.....................1/2 t sp.

7.Sugar..........................................1/2 t sp.

8.Aamchur (dry mango powder)....................................1/2 t sp.

METHOD:

1.Take gram flour, put 1/2 t sp. chilly powder and salt for taste. Now add water, prepare a thick paste. Beat it with hand nicely. keep it aside.

2. Clean, wash chillys and wipe them.

3.Mix all the stuffing items nicely. keep it ready for filling.

4.Slit each chilly in length wise.

5.Open the cut and fill the chilly with masala stuffing.

6.Keep oil on the stove heat it.

7.Take each stuffed chilly, dip in the prepared besan/gram flour batter.

8.Drop one chilly after the other in to oil. fry them nicely. take them out.

9.Cut onion in to small pieces. In a plate, place the chilly with cut onion pieces.

10.Decorate them with cut cilantro.