Deep Fried Chiles Filled with Chickpea Flour (Mirchi Bhajji)

Name: Deep Fried Chiles Filled with Chickpea Flour (Mirchi Bhajji)
Total time: 30 min
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

Mirchi bhajji are fried stuffed peppers.

30 min

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

Steps

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

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Adapted from “Deep Fried Chiles Filled with Chickpea Flour (Mirchi Bhajji)” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.