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Baked Jalapeno Poppers

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This idea of making Jalapeño poppers originated suddenly in my kitchen, as I had never thought of making them. I told my dear hubby as he was running to Wal-Mart to get baby’s formula, I need some Serrano pepper’s, I had no green chili in the house. Dear hubby as usual made a note saying that I will bring it no problem. Yes he bought green chili, I asked for Serrano and he got Jalapeño. I asked him, with these how I will put it in curries. He told no problem you can put it and only check the heat level in between. For him everything under the sun is no problem, anything can be matched. However I am a perfection freak and needs everything to be as perfect as possible.

When I read about Jalapeno pepper’s they have lot of health benefits, they help to fight headache from migraine and sinus, relieve congestion. Chili peppers contain Capsaicin which can prevent prostrate cancer. It can lower high blood pressure, soothe the intestine, and protect heart, burn fat and also have loads of vitamin C. Read more from here .
In order to prevent the Jalapeño pepper being thrown into the garbage, I decide to make Jalapeno poppers with them. I had some homemade mascarpone cheese  which I had in the refrigerator which I wanted to use too. So I made my poppers with besan and brown rice flour like this. I tried this recipe two times already, first time I used more besan and brown rice flour so my poppers was fully covered and become thick. Hubby dear doesn’t like it , telling me I spoiled the taste of Jalapeno by putting too much covering . So Next time when I made I used less flour, resulting a scantly covered Jalpeno poppers, however he liked it. So I will be following the second version, even though the looks is not perfect but taste great ( You can decide which one to follow).You have to be careful while handling these peppers, use gloves so that your hand won’t burn from the heat.
What you need

Jalpeno peppers: 8 no
Besan Flour/Bengal gram dal flour: ½ cup
Brown rice flour: ¼ cup
Onion: ½ cup chopped
Mascarpone cheese: ½ cup ( Homemade)( If you want more cheese feel free to use it)
Panko Bread crumbs: ½ cup
Cumin seeds: 1 teaspoon
Chili powder: ¼ teaspoon
Asafetodia: ⅛ teaspoon
Salt: ½ teaspoon
Water: ¾ cup
Canola oil for spraying in the baking sheet
How I made 
Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
Wash and clean the Jalapeno peppers. Make a slit in the middle and remove the seeds. As heat is more in the seeds (Use gloves while doing this).
In a bowl mix mascarpone and chopped onion and ¼ teaspoon salt , keep aside. Spoon the cheese mixture into slit of each Jalapeno peppers.

In a bowl mix besan, brown rice flour, cumin seeds, chili powder, salt and asafetodia to form a bread crumb like structure. To this add small amount of water at time to make a thick batter. Keep aside.
Dip the cheesy Jalapeno into the batter until they are fully coated and dredge them into the bread crumbs.
Line a foil in baking sheet; place the breaded jalapeño poppers one inch apart. And spray canola oil over them. Bake them for about 30 minutes or until they are brown in color. Around 20 minutes turn Jalapeno poppers and bake for another 10 minutes or until they are done.
Enjoy with ketchup or any dip.

Preparation time: 40 minutes
Yield: 8 no
Verdict: Yummy
Will you make it again: Yes I will
Notes;
For cheesier Jalpeno poppers feel free to use more cheese. I have only ½ cup mascarpone in my hand.
For thick crust increases the besan and brown rice flour to ¼ cup and 2 tablespoon respectively.

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  1. Maureen says

    I love poppers so much! Thank you for this recipe. I'll recommend this site to my Mom so she can prepare this for us. My Dad will surely love it.

    poppers

  2. Malar Gandhi says

    Whoo, sounds very hot...I love hot and spicy food, looks wonderful, and tempting:)

  3. Swathi says

    Siddhi, Kalai thanks

  4. Kalai says

    Wow, tempting poppers. My fav. I liked ur idea of baking, will give it a try soon.

  5. Siddhi S says

    wow swati tempting stuffed jalepenos...yummm

  6. Swathi says

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  8. srividhya Ravikumar says

    Wowww. looks yummy yaar.

  9. Ms.Chitchat says

    Loved the baked jalapeno peppers - poppers. Enjoyed ur write-up.

  10. Rosa's Yummy Yums says

    Those must taste really good!

    Cheers,

    Rosa

  11. Deepa G Joshi says

    wow, lovely snack..too good..love the step wise presentation..too good.

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  12. hayatcemresi says

    MERHABA,
    VERY NICE.

  13. Neetz says

    Adipoli keto 🙂

  14. Tina says

    Looks yummy...

  15. Sushma Mallya says

    Nice idea to bake them and make it more healthier...loved the recipe and the pic swathi....so delicious and nice

  16. Jagruti says

    Wow..i can have those hot peppers now..looks so tempting and tasty!!

  17. Hamaree Rasoi says

    Your preparation of jalapeno came out too good.

    Looks so good in your pics.

    Deepa

  18. simply.food says

    My 1st time here, You have some lovely recipes.Following your blog.

    This recipe is very innovative and sounds delicious.I particularly like the fact that it is baked and not fried.

  19. Gulmohar says

    Lovely...So you could explore a new dish thanks to your hubby 😉

  20. Vrinda says

    That sounds wonderful....will giv a try...

  21. Subhashini says

    Swathi
    very gr8 recipe with this pepper.looks yummy

  22. Nithu Bala says

    very yummy recipe Dear..loved your pictures..

    Hey swathi, don't forget to send your entries to my event..

  23. Preeti Kashyap says

    Nice recipe swathi...yummy pics!

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