Cookbook:Deep Fried Chiles Filled with Chickpea Flour (Mirchi Bhajji)

| Indian Cuisine

Mirchi bhajji are fried stuffed peppers.

Ingredients

 * 11–17 long green peppers
 * 1½ cup (360 g) gram flour (besan)
 * 1 tbsp rice flour
 * 6–7 Indian green chiles, finely chopped
 * 1 tbsp coriander leaves finely chopped
 * 2 tbsp hot oil
 * Salt to taste
 * Oil to deep fry

Procedure

 * 1) Slit 5–10 of the peppers, preferably the longest and fattest.
 * 2) Mix salt and gram flour. Stuff the slit peppers with this mixture, and keep aside for 15–20 minutes.
 * 3) Heat oil in a pan over medium heat.
 * 4) Mix all other dry ingredients. Dip each green pepper into this mixture gently to coat it.
 * 5) Deep fry in heated oil until golden brown.
 * 6) Drain on kitchen paper to remove excess oil.
 * 7) Serve hot with chutney or ketchup.