In this post, I am sharing a wonderful recipe with green capsicum – ‘Besan-Simla Mirchi Bhaji‘. It is a local name for this vegan recipe that is a dry sides prepared using capsicum and chickpea flour. Just handful ingredients and no onion or garlic requires for the recipe. It has mild chilli with dominant earthy, nutty flavours of besan along with little crunch from capsicum. A tasty, easy and quick recipe that can be paired with fresh stack of chapati’s or hot fluffy rice.

Since it’s a homestyle and local recipe moreover green capsicums are easily available in India; this dish is typically prepared with green variety. However, any coloured capsicum or bell peppers could work in this recipe.

Ingredients:

2 green capsicum

1/2 cup besan or chickpea flour

2 tbsp oil

1/4 tsp mustard seeds

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp chilli powder

Little asafoetida

Salt as per taste

Water (optional)

How to make:

Wash and pat dry green capsicum, then roughly chop it.

Take a pan or kadhai over high heat and add oil into it.

Once oil is hot, add cumin seeds into it. Let them crackle for few seconds and tip asafoetida in the pan. Immediately, turn to low heat and add turmeric along with chilli powder.

Give it a quick stir and tip in chopped capsicum.

Turn heat high-medium while continuously stirring everything. Allow capsicum to cover with oil and spice mixture.

Continue stirring until capsicums are slightly cooked.

Sift the chickpea flour to avoid any lumps and add it into the pan.

Gently mix everything together. Season with salt and again give a quick stir.

At this point if mixture is looks dry; add few tbsp of water. (It is an optional step and required only if mixture is dry.)

Cover the pan and let it simmer for 8-10 minutes; while stirring the mixture occasionally.

Once chickpea flour or besan is cooked, it changes the colour and gets wonderful earthy-nutty taste.

You can test the taste and adjust salt if required.

I like to keep capsicum little crunchy but one can cook it until it’s soft.

Besan-simla mirchi bhaji or sabji is ready to serve with hot chapati or phulka. It is quick, easy and can be served as sides with rice and dal too.

I hope you enjoyed this recipe and would love to try sometime.

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