• Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients

• 1.5 cup Besan (Gram flour)
• 6 Big Green chili (vada mirch) (Large size)
• 200 g Boiled Potato
• 3 Green chili (finely chopped)
• 1 inch Ginger (grated)
• 1/2 tsp Red chili powder
• 1/2 pinch Heeng (Asafoetida)
• 1 tsp Coriander powder
• 1 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp Ajwain (carom seeds)
• 1/2 tsp Jeera (Cumin seeds)
• 1/2 tsp Dry mango powder
• Salt (as required)
• 1/2 pinch Baking soda
• 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder
• 2-3 tbsp Freshly Chopped coriander leaves
• 1-2 cup Oil (Mustard oil)

Instructions

For the batter

1. Take besan in a bowl and add little water and mix it properly. Ensure there are no lumps in the mixture. Add some more water to make a smooth batter of pouring consistency.
2. Add salt, turmeric powder, carom seeds and red chili powder and mix it, Add baking soda, mix properly and keep aside for some time to ferment.

For the stuffing

3. Heat pan on a medium flame, and add little oil (1-1.5 tbsp). Add asafoetida and cumin seeds and roast for a while. Crush the potatoes and add in the pan. Add chopped chili, turmeric powder, salt, coriander powder and mango powder. Mix all the ingredients properly and cook it on medium flame for 1-2 minutes. Add garam masala powder and chopped coriander leaves and stir it for a while. Switch off the flame and allow it to cool.

For the Vada

4. Slit all the large-sized chilies(vada mirch) from the middle and remove the seeds from inside with the help of a knife.
5. Place some potato stuffing inside the chilies (vada mirch), Do it for all the chilies and arrange it in a plate.
6. Put oil in a wok/kadhai and heat it on medium flame.
7. Now coat the chilies one by one with the besan batter properly. Ensure that all the chilies are coated properly with the batter.
8. Now put one coated chili in the oil and fry it from all the sides. Ensure that you fry it on medium flame and not on high flame. Fry all the chilies(mirch vadas) likewise and place the vadas on a absorbent paper.
9. Arrange the vadas in a serving dish and serve them with coriander chutney/tomato ketchup.