Stuffed Green Chillies

Ingredients	Quantity
Big Green Chilles/Peppers	10
Mashed Potatoes	1/2 cup
Chopped Coriander Leaves	1 tbsp
Blanched Almonds	10
Garlic Cloves	3 or 4
Lime Juice	1 tsp
Gram Flour	1 cup
Salt	to taste
Soda bi carbonate	1/4 tsp (optional)
Oil	for deep frying

 

 

Method

1. Slit the green chillies in the centre so as to stuff them.
   
2. Cook the chillies in boiling water for 3 to4 minutes till half cooked if chillies  have a tough skin. Put them aside.
   
3. Grind the blanched almonds and garlic and mix them with the mashed potatoes,salt,lime juice and chopped coriander leaves to make the stuffing. Stuff each chilly with one tablespoon of stuffing and keep them aside.
   
4. Make a batter with gram flour,salt and soda.
   
5. Heat oil in a pan and dip each chillie in the gram flour batter and deep fry till golden brown.
   
6. Serve hot with tomato sauce or salsa.
   
7. If one does not want to deep fry,the chilles can just be brushed with oil on all sides  in a greased pan and put them in a preheated oven  and bake them for 25minutes or  till the chillies become brown.