FOOD : Star Starters : Stuffed Green Peppers!

The Peppers.. they are soo powerful... they are hottt and your flesh and blood cant bear it for long, but yet, they are appealing. Tone of green, Its lustre and firm body ,,, Wowwiee.. Gorgeous! Make sure, you select these kinds..

The peppers are basically popular around the world along the equator belt. The Anaheim, Jalapenos, Cascabels, Cherry's, Serrano's, etc, oh the wonderful varieties of peppers, but sadly not everything is available everywhere! The spiciest part of the chilli however contrary to the popular belief are not the seeds, but the white membrane attached to the stalk. you;ve got to get rid of this, if you want ur peppers to be less spicy.

for this preparation, you will need long, firm and straight peppers with a good lenth of stalks. Slit each of it (slightly away from the stalk) and remove the white membrane. Just apply a little salt on the inside of the chilli and keep aside.


for the mix, in a Kadhai, take a little oil, put in some crushed garlic, jeera, coriander powder, haldi, chillipowder, one green chilli chopped finely, hing, onions-finelly chopped and optional, and Besan(this is the main ingredient in the base). Fry all of it well, till the raw smell of Besan is all gone. you could add a little more oil here, if you wish to. Spoon in Salt and Sugar(little). mix all of it, with some coriander leaves till they all come together.

Now take it each chilli, and stuff the above mix into them, and Fry over the Tava. Use the stalks to flip them. This could be a very different starter, also teams up with our Curd rice brilliantly..
Just check if you can withstand that powerful bite !!!

This also can be done with the tender bitter gourds, thanks to my friend Jyothi for letting me know, works great!!