Stuffed (chilli-mirapakai-milagai-mirchi) Bajji - (Serves 2-3)

Ingredients:
1. Boiled Potato - 2 Nos
2. Coriander leaves - 40 gms
3. Tamarind - 20 gms
4. Coriander seeds - 1 tea spoon
5. Garlic - 3 cloves
6. Ginger - 1/2 inch piece
7. Gram flour - 2 cups (Cup size - 160 ml)
8. Salt - to taste
9. Chilly powder - 1 tea spoon
10.Banana Peppers - 3 Nos (Green chilly for bajji)
11.Oil - 160 ml
12.Rice flour - 1 table spoon
13.Cumin seed (Jeera) powder - 1 tea spoon
14.Chopped onions - 1/2 piece
15.Chat masala - according to taste
16.Lemon juice - according to taste

Method:

Stuffing:
1. Mash the boiled potatoes.
2. In the mixer, grind garlic, ginger, coriander leaves, coriander seeds and tamarind into a paste.
3. Heat the pan. Add 1 tea spoon oil, mashed potatoes and above prepared paste.
4. Add salt, chilly powder and jeera powder according to taste and mix well.

Batter:
Mix gram flour, rice flour, salt, 1 tea spoon of chilly powder and water in a bowl into paste of little thick consistency.

Bajji:
1. Cut the banana peppers into two halves. Slit each piece on one side so that the other side remains intact.
2. Stuff the banana pepper pieces with the stuffing
3. Heat the pan, dip the stuffed chillies in the gram flour batter and deep fry.

Garnishing:
1. Slit the fried bajji in center and add some chopped onions.
2. Add chat masala and lemon juice on top of it according to your taste and serve.

Note:
1. Add chilli powder to the stuffing if you are a spice lover.
2. If you want the bajji crispy, then add an additional table spoon of rice flour to the batter.