Stuffed Chillies

Stuffed Pikador chillies make for a delicious and slightly different addition to the meal when prepared this way. Stuffed and shallow-fried until golden and tender, they have a wonderful balance of spice. They are incredibly easy to make and pair perfectly with dal, rice, roti or even as a snack on their own.

 Ingredients:

• Yellow Farsan Sev (Made of Gram Flour): Approximately 50 g
• Roasted Peanuts: 1 fistful
• Roasted Chana (Bengal Gram): 1 fistful
• Garlic: 7-8 cloves
• White Sesame Seeds: 25 g
• Kashmiri Chilli Powder: 1/2 tsp (Optional)
• Salt to taste
• Oil 
• Pikador Dark Green Chillies: 8-10
• Juice of 1/2 lemon

Method:

• Slit the Pikador chillies on only one side (so that the stuffings can be filled in it), and leave it aside 
• Now, make the stuffing by coarsely grinding the rest of the ingredients (with only 1-2 tbsp oil) in a mixer on pulse mode. 
• Take the mixture out and stuff them fully into each of the Pikador chillies. Make sure the chillies look fully stuffed. 
• Now, heat oil in a frying pan for shallow frying and each of the Pikador chillies after the oil turns hot. (The oil should be medium-hot, not very hot)
• Fry them from all sides, turning the chillies one by one till they turn golden brown and soft.