Stuffed Banana Peppers/Chillies

Chillies are much loved in our home. We will run out of any vegetable, but chillies are always stocked. The stronger the flavor, the better it is for us. So as a first post, I will give you a side dish with Banana Peppers which is a favorite at home.  The dish turns spicy hot if the seeds are not scraped.

Recipe for Stuffed Chillies/Peppers

2 servings

Ingredients

• 4 Banana Peppers
• 1 Medium Onion diced
• 1 Medium Tomato diced
• 2 tbsp Besan
• 1/4 tsp salt (I used black salt)
• 1/4 tsp jeera
• 1 tbsp oil

Directions

• Slice the peppers in middle and scrape the seeds if you do not like spicy hot.
• Mix diced tomato, onion, besan, salt and jeera in a bowl. 
• Add a tsp of water to make it into a thick paste.
• Stuff the sliced chillies with the above paste.
• Heat a tava or a pan, add the oil and place the stuffed chillies, seams sides up.
• Reduce the heat to medium, cover the chillies and cook for 5 minutes.
• Turn around, and cook for another 5 mins.

Can be served as a side dish with Rice or Chapathi.