Chilli Bhajia

Name: Chilli Bhajia
Yield: Serves 3–6
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: ½ tsp chilli powder; ½ lb flat gathias (cooked Gujarati snacks made of gram flour). These are soft, unlike the noodle-shaped, crispier gathias described earlier. Both can be found in vegetarian snack houses or Indian grocery stores.; ¾ tsp sugar or a little jaggery; 1 tbsp sunflower oil; 2 tsp sesame seeds; Salt, chilli and a little lemon juice; 4–5 tbsp cold water; 1 tsp crushed garlic; 1 tbsp fresh lime juice; ¾ cup gram flour; A little salt, not too much as the gathias are salted already; Sunflower oil to deep-fry bhajias; 6 long, large green chillies or long peppers (must have thick skins); A pinch of bicarbonate of soda

Preparation info

Serves
3–6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Settler's Cookbook

By Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Published 2009

About

Ingredients

6 long, large green chillies or long peppers (must have thick skins)

Asia
India
Snack
Vegan

Method

Half slit open the chillies with the top still holding on firmly.
Gently scrape out the seeds, as many as you can.
Pound together or process the stuffing ingredients until they bind and feel like soft marzipan.
Stuff the mixture into the open chillies and press them back together.
In a small bowl, mix the gram flour with the seasoning