Mirchi wada

Take a few chillies as shown in the picture above. Slit and de-seed them. Use chillies which are not pungent, the thick and long variety.

Boil and mash two potatoes. To this add half tsp. each of ginger and garlic paste, chopped coriander, 1tsp of chaat masala and mix it well. Stuff the chillies with spiced potato filling.

Make a batter with 3 tbsp besan, bit of turmeric powder,1/4 tsp red chilli powder and salt. The batter should be of medium consistency like we make for bhajiyas.

Dip the stuffed chilly in the batter and cover it well with it and deep fry in oil. Serve it with tomato ketchup or tamarind khatta mitha chutney.

Koshimbirs or Maharashtrian salads

Koshimbir is a very important item of a maharashtrian meal. It is served as a side dish . It is a healthy and not a very time consuming dish. Very little cooking involved hence can be made in a jiffy. There is a lot of varietyand to start with I shall post tomato kanda koshimbir and gajar tomato koshimbir. You can eat it with roti.
Ingredients
3 medium size tomatoes finely chopped
1 medium size onion finely chopped
1 green chilly finely chopped
1 tbs of chopped green corrainder
1 heaped roasted peanut powder
juice of 1/2 lemon.
salt to taste. Sugar 1/2 tsp.
Tadka of 1/2 tsp mustard and 1/4 tsp hing in 1tsp of oil is optional.
Mix all the above ingredients and serve. Add salt just before serving in order to avoid a watery koshimbir.

Gajar Tomato Koshimbir
Mix together all the following ingredients:
3 grated carrots
1 chopped tomatoes
1 chopped green chilly
1 tbs chopped corriander
1 heaped ground roasted peanut powder
1/2 tsp sugar
juice of 1/2emon
salt to taste
Tadka of mustard and hing.