Easy Mirchu Recipe: Maharashtrian Green Chilli Stir-fry
Learn to make a zesty Maharashtrian Mirchu recipe at home! This quick green chilli stir-fry with peanuts and lemon is the perfect side dish.
Ingredients
- Green Chillies: A bowl of light green, milder chillies (about 15-20), washed, dried, and roughly chopped into large pieces.
- Roasted Peanuts: 7-8 tablespoons, coarsely crushed (do not make a fine powder).
- White Sesame Seeds: 1 small spoon, roasted.
- Cumin Seeds: 1 small spoon, slightly crushed.
- Lemon: 1 whole lemon, for juice.
- Turmeric Powder: A pinch (less than half a small spoon).
- Salt: 1 spoonful, or to taste (this recipe tastes best with a little extra salt).
- Oil: 1 small spoon.
Instructions
- Heat a pan or kadhai. Add the chopped green chillies and dry roast them on a medium flame. Keep stirring until they get slightly charred with dark spots.
- Once roasted, remove the chillies from the pan and set them aside.
- Lower the flame completely. Add one small spoon of oil to the same pan.
- Add the slightly crushed cumin seeds. Be quick, as the pan is hot.
- Immediately add the roasted chillies back into the pan and give it a good mix.
- Add the turmeric powder and saute for 1-2 minutes on low heat.
- Now, add the salt and mix well. The salt will help release a little moisture from the chillies.
- Add the roasted white sesame seeds and the coarsely crushed peanuts.
- Stir everything together and cook on low heat, mixing continuously.
- Squeeze the juice of one entire lemon over the mixture.
- Mix again and let it cook for another 1-2 minutes on low heat. You can gently press the chillies with your spatula to help them soften.
- Your delicious Maharashtrian Mirchu Recipe is ready to serve!