Stuffed chillies

Name: Stuffed chillies
Yield: Serves 4 as a starter
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 1 red onion, finely chopped; 1/4 tsp turmeric; 1/2 heaped tsp grated root ginger; 1/2 heaped tsp crushed garlic; 8-10 large chillies; 2-3 tbsp vegetable oil, plus more to deep-fry; 1 tsp black mustard seeds; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 2 eggs, hard-boiled, chopped; salt; 1-2 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves; juice of 1 lime; 2 green chillies, finely chopped; 180 g cooked potatoes, chopped; 80 g paneer, grated; 2 eggs, hard-boiled, chopped; 1 onion, roughly chopped; 1/2 tsp turmeric; 2 tsp amchur (mango powder, optional); 2 tsp amchur (mango powder, optional); 1/2 tsp chilli powder; 1 tsp ajwain (carom) seeds, (optional); 80 g gram flour; 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds; 1 tsp caster sugar; 1 tbsp tahini; 5 tbsp yogurt; juice of 1/2 lemon; 1 green chilli; 2 garlic cloves

Preparation info

Serves
4
as a starter

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Reza's Indian Spice

By Reza Mahammad

Published 2012

About

This makes a fabulously impressive starter. A note for the chilli weaklings: this is definitely a dish worth trying, because the large chillies are not at all hot; they have almost the taste of a sweet pepper, with a very rich filling.

Ingredients

For the Chillies

8-10 large chillies

Asia
India
Starter
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Slit each large chilli down the middle and carefully remove and discard all the seeds and membrane.

Heat the 2-3 tbsp oil in a wide frying pan until it just begins to smoke, then tip in the mustard and cumin seeds. Once they pop and crackle, add the onion and turmeric. Cook until the onion t