Stuffed Long Green Chilli

Chillies ……. green and pungent. Small, bullet, fiery. Long, crunchy, peppery. Many shapes and tastes and yet they all belong to the chilli family. From Jalapeños to sweet peppers all have many health benefits. Being of an Indian origin, we love chillies in every form, in every dish, the hotter the better. There are so many ways of cooking these lovely vegetables. I have the long, not very spicy ones that have a lovely sweet and pungent taste.

So today I share my stuffed chilli stir fry recipe
serves 3. preparation time 15 min Cooking time 15 min

Ingredients

6 Long green Chillis
1 Large Tomato
1 tblsp oil
1 tsp black mustard seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
1/4 tsp Asafoetida powder

For the Stuffing

4 tblsp Gram flour
1 tblsp Jaggery (if unavailable then substitute with Palm sugar)
1 tblsp Coarsely ground peanuts
1 tblsp Oil
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
2 tblsp Dhana Jeera Powder (cumin and coriander powder)
A handful of chopped fresh coriander

Method

Mix all the ingredients of the stuffing in a mixing bowl. It looks lumpy and a feels a little sticky.
Wash and cut the ends of the chillies.
Slit them in the middle.
Stuff the chillies with the mixture and put aside. Chop the tomato in small cubes and any remainder of the mixture mix with the tomatoes

In a heavy bottom or non stick sauté pan, heat 1 table spoon oil. Add the mustard seeds and cumin seeds in the oil and let them pop up. Add asafeotida powder

Mix very gently, coating the tomatoes and chillies together with the rest of the ingredients