Batter-fried peppers

Name: Batter-fried peppers
Yield: Makes 15
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 1 red (bell) pepper; 1 green (bell) pepper; 1–3 fresh green chillies, finely chopped (deseeded if preferred); 2.5 ml/½ tsp ground turmeric; 3.75 ml/¾ tsp salt, or to taste; sunflower oil or light olive oil, for deep-frying; a pinch of bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 1 yellow (bell) pepper; 200 g/7 oz/1¾ cups gram flour (besan); 5 ml/1 tsp cumin seeds; 5 ml/1 tsp coriander seeds, lightly crushed; 5 ml/1 tsp fennel seeds

Preparation info

Makes
15

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook

By Mridula Baljekar

Published 2017

About

If your taste buds ever crave a change from Onion Bhajiyas try these sweet peppers, Mirchi Bhaje, which are cut into rings, dipped in a spiced batter and deep-fried until crisp and brown. They make a wonderful snack, a delicious appetizer or a tasty canape piled high to serve with drinks.

Ingredients

1 green (bell) pepper
1 red (bell) pepper
1 yellow (bell) pepper

Method

Wash the peppers, pat dry with kitchen paper and then cut them widthways into 5mm/¼in-wide rings. Remove and discard the seeds and the bitter white membrane. Set aside.
Sift the gram flour into a large mixing bowl, lifting the sieve (str