Mirchi vada
A popular Rajasthani snack made with large green chillies stuffed or coated in spiced potato filling, dipped in gram flour batter, and fried until crispy and golden.
- Prep Time
- 50 minutes
- Cook Time
- 15 minutes
- Servings
- 2-3
- Category
Snacks
- Cuisine
- Rajasthan, India
Ingredients
- Boiled potatoes - 250gm/4 medium
- Green chilli 1 pc
- Coriander leaves 1tbsp
- Fennel seeds ½tsp
- Coriander powder ½ tsp
- Dry mango powder/aamchur ½tsp
- Cumin powder ¼tsp
- Whole cumin ¼tsp
- Red chilli powder ¼tsp
- Hing a pinch
- Salt to taste
- Besan 80gm
- Rice flour 20gm
- Hing - a pinch
- Red chilli powder ¼tsp
- Baking soda- 1 pinch
- salt to taste
- Oil - 20ml
- Water - as required to make thick batter (not your usual batter as this is going to use in airfry)
- Bhavnagri chillies 150-200gm/ 5-6pc
Directions
- Rinse the bhavnagari chilies very well with water. Then pat dry with a clean kitchen towel. Remove the chili crowns. You can keep the crowns if you prefer.
- With a knife slit each chili from one side. Slit from the top side and keep about 0.5 to 1 cm space at the bottom before the slit. Remove the seeds and pith with a small spoon.
- Steam or boil potatoes in a pressure cooker or steamer until they are cooked very well and fork tender. Add water as needed to cook the potatoes.
- When the potatoes are still warm, peel and mash them.
- Add chopped green chilies and coriander leaves.
- Next add the crushed fennel seeds (or fennel powder), coriander powder, dry mango powder, cumin powder red chili powder. Mix very well.
- Now stuff the potato mixture evenly in the green chilies.
- Stuff all green chilies one by one and set them aside.
- In a bowl mix all ingredients mentioned in “for batter” section. Add ½ cup water to make a thick batter (as it is going to use in air fry).
- Remember to add water as required. The addition of water depends on the texture and quality of gram flour.
- Dip each of mirchi into batter and start assembling on basket separately. Insert the basket in the unit.
- Select “air fry” function at 180°C for 15min. Press on button start.