Express Recipes: How to make Mirchi ke Tipore

Ingredients
12 green chillies, chopped into discs
1 tbsp mustard oil
2 tsp fennel
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/8 tsp asafoetida
Salt to taste
Juice of half lime

Method

* Heat mustard oil in a pan, till it starts to smoke. Remove from heat and let it cool for a couple of minutes.

* Lightly pound the fennel and asafoetida in a mortar pestle.

* Return to heat, add asafoetida, fennel, salt and turmeric powder to the hot oil. Sauté for half a minute.

* Now add the chopped chillies, mix well such that all the chillies are coated well in the spices. Sauté for 2-3 minutes on low flame, till the chillies just start to soften.

* Sprinkle lime juice and serve

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