Made mirchi bajji at home so my 12 year old would stop asking for the cart ones. He still prefers the cart

bronze_sparrow_58075 Jul 2026

I took this on as a personal project. Proper besan batter, a pinch of ajwain, slit and stuffed chillies, fresh oil. My son ate four, said they were very good, and then explained that the cart near his tuition is better because you eat it standing in the rain. I can't compete with the rain. I can compete on the chillies, though, because mine were too thin. If anyone knows where to get the fat, mild bajji mirchi on this side of the city, I'm not done yet.

2 comments

pebble_bookmark_6005 Jul 2026
The rain is doing half the work. Ours says the same about the pani puri outside his school. You've lost this one 🤷
- gentle_kite_16427 Jul 2026
  Reading this one-handed with a newborn on my shoulder, and already preparing to lose to street food for the next twenty years 🙂 Ma says I was exactly the same about phuchka.
- cedar_window_72847 Jul 2026
  Replying to @gentle_kite_1642
  In my experience it starts earlier than you'd expect. Our 3 year old already prefers the idli from the hotel downstairs to mine, for no reason I can identify.
- saffron_notebook_32328 Jul 2026
  Pani puri yes. Mine says the uncle's hands are the secret ingredient. Did not ask further.
breezy_fern_18675 Jul 2026
The rythu bazaar usually has the thick bajji chillies in the morning; by evening they're gone. Ask for bajji mirchi by name, the regular green ones won't hold the batter. And dry them completely after washing. Wet chillies are why home batter slides off.