Besan bhari hari mirch (green chillies stuffed with chick pea flour)

Ingredients

• Hari Mirch - 6 pieces
• Besan - 1 cup
• Onion - 1 cup chopped finely
• Garlic/Ginger Paste - 1 teaspoon
• Haldi - 1/2 teaspoon
• Lal Mirch - 1 teaspoon
• Amcuhr - 1 teaspoon
• Garam Masala - 1/2 teaspoon
• Rai - 1 teaspoon
• Jeera - 1 teaspoon
• Saunf - 1 teaspoon
• Mustard Oil - 3 tablespoons
• Salt - as per taste

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Preparation

• Roast besan to light brown. Now, take a pan, add 1 tbsp mustard oil, rai, saunf, jeera. Once they start spluttering, add garlic/ginger and onion. Let it fry till onion becomes translucent.
• Now, add roasted besan, haldi, namak, lal mirch, amchur and garam masala. Mix well and fry for one more min. Slit hari mirch from the middle, such that the chilli doesn't become two pieces and is still attached, de-seed it nicely.
• Apply little salt on the inner side of the green chilli. Now, stuff the chillies with the besan mixture made above. Take a shallow and wide pan. Add 2 tbsp oil in the pan and once it is hot, slowly add stuffed chillies in it one by one.
• Keep them covered for 3-4 minutes and them remove cover and shallow fry them till they are all done. Serve them with roti/paratha while they are warm.