Green Pepper Stuffed Fritters/vibsk-29

Ingredients:

	Ingredients:		Quantity:
1.	Boiled Potatoes	:	3 medium size
2.	Gram Flour	:	150 g
3.	Green Peppers	:	7-8
4.	Cumin Seeds	:	1 tsp
5.	Salt	:	To taste
6.	Coriander Powder	:	4 tsp
7.	Fresh Coriander Leaves	:	1 small bowl (finely chopped)
8.	Asafoetida	:	1 tsp
9.	Red Chilli Powder	:	2 tsp
10.	Carom Seeds	:	1/2t sp
11.	Onion	:	1 medium size (finely chopped)
12.	Dry Mango Powder	:	1 tsp
13.	Oil	:	For deep fry

 

Method:

1. Mash the boiled potatoes and keep aside.
2. Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds. When it starts cracking, bring down the flame to low and add coriander powder, asafetida and red chilli powder. Stir.
3. When masala is roasted, add mashed potatoes. Mix well.
4. Cook for 2-3 minutes. Add salt, onions and fresh coriander leaves. Mix well.
5. Take the stuffing off the flame and add dry mango powder or chaat-masala (optional). Mix well. Stuffing is ready.
6. Slit the pepper (from top to end) remove all the seeds.
7. Now, stuff all the peppers with potato stuffing. Keep aside.
8. Add carom seeds, salt and red chilli powder to gram flour. Mix well.
9. Add water and make batter of thick consistency.
10. On high flame, heat oil in a deep pan for deep frying. When oil is hot enough for frying, bring down the flame to medium.
11. Now, dip the stuffed peppers one by one in gram flour batter and slide carefully in the heated oil.
12. Don’t put all the peppers at one go. Once 2-3 stuffed peppers are in the oil, stir and let the batter settle a little.
13. Then, add more stuffed peppers to the pan. Fry till fritters are golden brown.

Serve hot with tea and sauce/tamarind chutney/mint chutney.

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Recipe Step By Step With Pics:

STEP-1

1. Mash the boiled potatoes and keep aside.

STEP-2

2. Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds. When it starts cracking, bring down        the flame to low and add coriander powder, asafetida and red chilli powder.        Stir.

STEP-3

3. When masala is roasted, add mashed potatoes. Mix well.

STEP-4

4. Cook for 2-3 minutes. Add salt, onions and fresh coriander leaves. Mix well.

STEP-5

5. Take the stuffing off the flame and add dry mango powder or chaat-masala          (optional). Mix well. Stuffing is ready.

STEP-6

6. Slit the pepper (from top to end) remove all the seeds.

STEP-7

7. Now, stuff all the peppers with potato stuffing. Keep aside.

STEP-8

8. Add carom seeds, salt and red chilli powder to gram flour. Mix well.

STEP-9

9. Add water and make batter of thick consistency.

STEP-10

10. On high flame, heat oil in a deep pan for deep frying. When oil is hot                    enough for frying, bring down the flame to medium.

STEP-11

11. Now, dip the stuffed peppers one by one in gram flour batter and slide                carefully in the heated oil.

STEP-12

12. Don’t put all the peppers at one go. Once 2-3 stuffed peppers are in the oil, stir and let the batter settle a little.

STEP-13

13. Then, add more stuffed peppers to the pan. Fry till fritters are golden brown.

Serve hot with tea and sauce/tamarind chutney/mint chutney.