Capsicum Curry

Here is an easy and delicious Bell Peppers recipe for which you don’t need very many ingredients. Best thing is that bell peppers are available all year round where I love so we can enjoy this dish anytime of the year.

Ingredients and Method

1 Onion
2-3 Bell peppers
4 medium size potatoes
2-3 tbsp oil
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
3-4 garlic cloves
1 tsp salt ( adjust as per your taste)
1/2 tsp Turmeric
2 tbsp Tomato Paste
1 tsp dried fenugreek leaves (Kasoori Methi)
Optional: Red chilli pwd

Chop onions, potatoes and peppers.
Heat oil in a pan or wok and add cumin seeds. After 30 secs, add onions, garlic, salt and turmeric.
After 2-3 mins, add potatoes, bell peppers. Mix well. Cover and cook for 7-8 mins.
Add tomato paste. Mix well and cook until almost done. Add dried fenugreek leaves ( Kasoori methi) and give another 5 mins. Ensure potatoes are tender and everything is fully cooked before serving 🙂
Indeed a great side dish.

Try this different variant of Capsicum Curry!

Ingredients:

• 2 capsicum
• 1-1/2 cup besan (gram flour)
• 1/2 tsp mustard
• 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
• 4 green chillies
• 5-6 cloves of garlic
• 1 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/4 tsp turmeric
• salt
• oil 5 tbsp
• coriander

Method

• Heat oil in nonstick vessel, add mustard when oil is hot then cumin.
• Add crushed garlic and turmeric, fry for 1/2 min, now add chillies and fry for 1/2 min.
• After this add cut capsicum and fry till soft.
• Now add buttermilk and let it boil when boiling sprinkle besan (add besan till it is thick
mixture) with one hand and mix with other hand (with spatula),
• Now add salt, coriander and mix then cover and steam for 4-5 min.
• If sticking add little more oil and steam if again sticking add some more oil.
• When done, let it cool for a while and crumble with hand (it is very imp to crumble).

Recipe taken from food.sify.com
Picture taken from Saju’s Kitchen

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Capsicum Curry prepared at home!