{"id":1001,"slug":"deep-fried-chiles-filled-with-chickpea-flour-mirchi-bhajji","title":"Deep Fried Chiles Filled with Chickpea Flour (Mirchi Bhajji)","description":"Mirchi bhajji are fried stuffed peppers.","ingredients_raw":["11–17 long green peppers","1½ cup (360 g) gram flour (besan)","1 tbsp rice flour","6–7 Indian green chiles, finely chopped","1 tbsp coriander leaves finely chopped","2 tbsp hot oil","Salt to taste","Oil to deep fry"],"ingredients_norm":["long green pepper","flour","rice flour","indian green chili","cilantro","hot oil","salt","oil to deep fry"],"steps":["Slit 5–10 of the peppers, preferably the longest and fattest.","Mix salt and gram flour. Stuff the slit peppers with this mixture, and keep aside for 15–20 minutes.","Heat oil in a pan over medium heat.","Mix all other dry ingredients. Dip each green pepper into this mixture gently to coat it.","Deep fry in heated oil until golden brown.","Drain on kitchen paper to remove excess oil.","Serve hot with chutney or ketchup."],"categories":["Indian recipes","Recipes using chile","Recipes using chickpea flour","Recipes using cilantro"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":30,"servings":null,"yield_text":"5–10 bhajjies","difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Deep_Fried_Chiles_Filled_with_Chickpea_Flour_(Mirchi_Bhajji)","source_ref":"4506355","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Deep_Fried_Chiles_Filled_with_Chickpea_Flour_(Mirchi_Bhajji)&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"80fb9a09232084e6dfc7f93b2abef342ad1f7af66393134de71184039b951c26","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:00Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:00Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/deep-fried-chiles-filled-with-chickpea-flour-mirchi-bhajji"}