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Chilli Fritters Served With Green Sauce

Chilli Fritters Recipe

With so many varieties of fritters around It is quite hard to say which one is the best. All we can say is, they all bring something different to the table and what you like most is the best one for you. Usually in small or mid sized restaurants you will Onion Pakoras, Bread Pakoras, Paneer Pakoras in their menu. However, if you are a little unconventional like us then you should try Chilli Pakoras or Chilli Fritters and you will love them.
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Course: Breakfast, Snacks & Sides
Cuisine: Indian
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 2
Calories: 96kcal
Author: Meenu

Ingredients

Main Ingredient for Chilli Fritters

  • 50 g Green Chillies

Main Ingredients for Chilli Fritters Batter

  • 1/3 cup Gram flour Besan
  • 1 tbsp Rice flour Chawal Aata
  • 5 g Green Chillies
  • 1/4 tsp Carom Seeds Ajwain
  • 1/4 tsp Salt As per taste
  • 1/8 tsp Red chillies powder Lal Mirch
  • 1/4 tsp Turmeric Haldi
  • Pinch of Asafoetida Hing
  • Few Coriander Leaves Hara Dhaniya

Main Ingredients for Chilli Fritters Stuffing

  • Pinch of Salt
  • Pinch of Red Chillies Powder
  • 1 tsp Dried Mango Powder Amchur

Optional Ingredients for Chilli Fritters

  • 1/4 tsp Garam Masala

Garnishing

  • 1/4 tsp Chat Masala for added flavour and garnishing
  • 1/8 tsp Dried Parsley for added flavour and garnishing
  • 1/8 tsp Dried Oregano for added flavour and garnishing

Frying

  • Vegetable Oil for deep frying

Instructions

Preparation Steps to make Chilli Fritters or Mirchi Pakora

  • Cut open the Green chillies along their length such that they are open from one side only. Remove seeds from it.
    50 g Green Chillies
  • Mix pinch of Salt, pinch of Red Chilli Powder and Dried Mango powder to prepare stuffing. You can make this stuffing extra hot by adding Green Chilli seeds that we removed earlier to it.
    Pinch of Salt, Pinch of Red Chillies Powder, 1 tsp Dried Mango Powder
  • Put this stuffing into the cut green chillies and also wrap left-over stuffings around them.
  • Take approx 1-2 cup Vegetable oil in a deep frying pan and put it on gas and switch it to high flame. This you can do so that oil is heated till the time you prepare the batter.
    Vegetable Oil for deep frying

How to make Chilli Fritters Batter

  • Finely Chop 5 g green chillies and Coriander leaves. These will be mixed to give batter some extra spice and flavour.
    5 g Green Chillies, Few Coriander Leaves
  • Now to prepare the batter, take Gram Flour, Rice flour, Asafoetida, Red chilies powder, finely chopped green chilies, coriander leaves, Turmeric, Garam Masala, Salt and Carom Seed in a bowl and add 1/2 cup water to it.
    1/3 cup Gram flour, 1 tbsp Rice flour, 5 g Green Chillies, 1/4 tsp Carom Seeds, 1/4 tsp Salt, 1/8 tsp Red chillies powder, 1/4 tsp Turmeric, Pinch of Asafoetida, Few Coriander Leaves, Pinch of Salt, 1/4 tsp Garam Masala
  • Mix all Ingredients properly so that there are no lump formations else it will spoil the experience. Your batter is now ready. Please experiment with the ingredients to get the best flavour perfected to your taste.

How to make Chilli Fritters

  • By now the oil in frying pan should be hot enough to make Chilli Fritters. To check this take 1/2 tsp batter and drop it in the frying pan. If it makes intense fizzing sound and the batter drop immediately floats in oil then it means oil is ready for frying.
  • Take stuffed Green Chillies and mix it well with batter such that batter wraps each piece properly and drop it in hot oil. Be cautious of the hot oil spatter as they may cause burn. This may happen if you accidentally drop water droplets in the hot oil, so be careful.
  • While you fry, roll over Chilli Fritters so they get fried evenly on both sides. Fry Chilli Fritters until they turn golden brown. Once they get the required colour you can take them out using slotted turner or slotted spoon.
  • Your Chilli Fritters are now ready to be served. Before serving, sprinkle some Chat Masala and some herbs such as Parsley and Oregano on top of Chilli Fritters.
    1/4 tsp Chat Masala, 1/8 tsp Dried Parsley, 1/8 tsp Dried Oregano

Notes

Some considerations while cooking and serving -
  • In case you do not have Rice flour, you can skip it and the Chilli Fritters will still be delicious. Rice flour just makes the Chilli Fritters extra crispy.
  • Do not fry Fritters or Pakoras on low flame as in such case they will soak more oil and not cook properly.
  • Since Chilli Fritters are quite hot you can complement Chilli Fritters with Rice Kheer and serve with Aamras.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Serving | Calories: 96kcal (5%) | Carbohydrates: 17g (6%) | Protein: 4g (8%) | Fat: 1g (2%) | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 370mg (16%) | Fiber: 3g (13%) | Sugar: 4g (4%)
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