Simla Mirchi Bhaaji

Ingredients:

4 medium sized green bell peppers / capsicums, (or take 2 bigger ones)

3/4 cup chick pea flour / gram flour (besan)

2 tsp chili powder

1 tsp turmeric powder

salt to test

sugar (optional) to taste

cilantro/coriander leaves

1/2 tsp asafoetida

2 tsp mustard seeds

2 tbsp oil

Method:

In a pan add oil and mustard seeds to splutter. Also add asafoetida and bell peppers. Saute well so that the moisture in the peppers evaporate. Now add gram flour and cook for sometime. don't add salt. If you do so, the water content in the peppers make the flour sloppy. bell peppers need not cook for long. once the flour gets crispy, add salt, sugar, turmeric and cilantro. Mix well and remove from flame. Its that simple.

It is also called as Bell peppers subzi.