Stuffed Paneer Green Chilly

 

Ingredients:

Green Chilli (long) – 4

Grated Paneer – ½ cup

Grated Carrot – ¼ cup

Jeera – 1 tsp

Garam masala powder – 1 tsp

Jeera-Dhania powder – 2 tsp

Turmeric – 1 pinch

Salt to taste

Oil – 2 tbsp

Method of preparation:

1. Take Clean and green long chilly and slit the chilly length wise. Take seeds out from the chilly put in to boiling water for 3 minutes.

2.  Take them out from water and wrap them with cloth and dry them for 2 minutes.

3.   Heat oil, add Jeera and grated carrot saute for 2 minutes.

4.   Add turmeric, garam masala powder, dhania-jeera powder and salt saute for a minute.

5.   Finally add grated paneer and saute for 2minutes. Let it cool for some time.

6.   Fill chilly with the paneer mixture properly.

7.   Heat pan, keep chillis on pan and sprinkle oil over the chillis, fry them on both sides carefully.

8.   Serve it hot with plain rice.

Mirchi ka Salan

Ingredients:

           Green Chillies (long) - 8-10

           Tomatoes - 2

           Onion(big) -1

           Tamarind pulp - 2 tbsp

           Cooking oil - 5 tsp

           Curry leaves - 6

           Coriander-cumin seeds powder - 2 tsp

           Chilli powder - 2 tsp

           Chopped coriander - 2 tbsp

           Cumin seeds -1 tsp

           Fenugreek seeds -1/4 tsp

           Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

           Cloves - 6

           Grated coconut - 5 tsp

           Garlic paste - 2 tsp

           Sesame seeds - 2 tbsp

           Roasted peanuts - 2 tbsp

           Water - 2 cups

           Salt as required

Method of preparation:

1. Take cloves, garlic paste, onion, tomatoes, grated coconut and grind it. Make it into paste. Keep the paste in a bowl separately.
2. Take roasted peanuts, sesame seeds and cumin seeds. Grind them into fine powder. Keep the powder in a separate bowl.
3. Take 8 or 10 green chillies, wash them thoroughly and remove the seeds of chillies.
4. Put chillies in hot salt water for 5 minutes. Take them out and let it dry.
5. Heat pan add 2 tbsp oil fry the dried boiled chillies for 2 minutes.
6. In the same oil, add fenugreek seeds, mustard seeds and curry leaves. Fry them until the seeds crackle.
7. Add the tomatoes paste which was prepared earlier and fry it for a while. Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, dry powder masala and coriander-cumin seeds powder. Fry the ingredients for 10minutes.
8. Add 2 cups of water and cumin seeds powder which was prepared earlier.
9. Add the fried chillies to the pan and cook until the gravy becomes thick. Add required quantity of salt.
10. Gravy should be thick. Garnish the curry with pieces of onion and lemon.
11. Hot and delicious Mirchi Ka Salan is ready to eat. It is better to eat with veg biryani or plain rice.

Green chilli

·         Green chilies are rich in vitamins A and C with the dried version higher in vitamin A and the fresh version higher in vitamin C. They can contain as much as six times the amount of vitamin C as a single orange. Their vibrant color signal high amounts of the antioxidant beta-carotene, which supports the cardiovascular system, as well as helps maintain the health of the skin, eyes and immune system. Green chilies also contain vitamins B and E, and are a good source of iron and potassium. They do not contain fat or cholesterol and help block the body's absorption of cholesterol while remaining low in calories.

·         The Great thing about green Chile you can eat all you want and not get fat. Green Chile is fat free, low on calories, almost no cholesterol and has lots of fiber. Green Chile helps build up your immune defense system because it has lots of Vitamin C, even 6 times more than an orange. When Chili turns red it's loaded with vitamin A. Chile doesn't just taste great it's great for you. Even the ancient people such as the Mayans used it on a regular basis as a medicine. I rarely get sick and now I know why, eating green Chile has always made me feel good.