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Deep Fried Chiles Filled with Chickpea Flour (Mirchi Bhajji)

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Mirchi bhajji are fried stuffed peppers.

Total 00:30
Yield 5–10 bhajjies

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

Instructions

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

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Deep_Fried_Chiles_Filled_with_Chickpea_Flour_(Mirchi_Bhajji)