Bharli Mirchi
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Recipe type: Stuffed Chillies
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 8
 
These snacks from Maharashtra in India are great on their own or with rotis.While this recipe calls for these stuffed Chillies to be fried they can also be successfully made by baking them in the oven. Super easy to make but yet jam packed with flavour. Enjoy
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
  • Green Chilies - eight
  • Whole peanuts - two tablespoons
  • Grated coconut – one cup
  • Mustard oil – five tablespoons
  • Fresh coriander - a small handful ( chopped)
Spices
  • Yellow mustard seeds – one teaspoon
  • Asafoetida – ¼ teaspoon
  • Red Chilli powder – one teaspoon
  • Fennel seed powder – ½ teaspoon
  • Coriander powder – ¼ teaspoon
  • Turmeric powder = one teaspoon
  • Cumin powder – ¼ teaspoon
Instructions
  1. Slit the chillies and remove the seeds
  2. Add the main ingredients except the oil into a grinder
  3. Grind to coarse paste
  4. Heat two tablespoons of the oil.
  5. Add the mustard seeds, turmeric and asafoetida. Stir fry for 30 seconds.
  6. Add the ground ingredients. Fry until starting to change colour.
  7. Add the remaining spices
  8. Saute until well mixed, and the coconut mixture has dried.
  9. Stuff the Chillies with the mixture
  10. Heat the remaining oil
  11. Fry the stuffed chillies
  12. Serve
Notes
Keywords: Maharashtrian stuffed green Chillies
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 100g Calories: 143 Fat: 14 grams Saturated fat: 4 grams Unsaturated fat: 8 grams Trans fat: 0 grams Carbohydrates: 5 grams Sugar: 1 gram Sodium: 3 mg Fiber: 2 grams Protein: 1 gram
Recipe by The Chilli Workshop at https://chilliworkshop.co.uk/recipes-with-chilllies/stuffed-green-chillies/