Stuffed Capsicum Curry

Capsicum is one of my favorite veggie. It tastes just so delicious with any ingredients. The recipe I will be sharing is a real Delicious one.

Ingredients:

1.) Capsicums - 2

2.) Onion - 1 medium
3.) Tomato - 1 medium

4.) Potato - 1 large

5.) Paneer - 4 1/2 inch cube
6.) Peanuts - 1 tbspn

7.) Sesame seeds - 1 tsp

8.) Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

9.) Cumin - 1 tsp

10.) Green chillies - 2

11.) Coriander powder - 1 tsp

12.) Chili Powder - 1 tsp

13.) Amchur powder(dried mango powder) - 1 and 1/2 tsp

14.) Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp

15.) Jaggery - 1/4 to 1/2 inch cube ( according to taste)

16.) Coriander - 2 sprigs

17.) Ginger Garlic paste - 1 ans 1/2 tsp

18.) Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

19.) Cinnamon - 1/4 inch piece

20.) Cloves - 2

21.) Bay Leave - 1

22.) Salt - to taste

Procedure:
Cut the tops off. Remove the seeds and membranes inside and make a hollow. From the tops chop the the capsicum into fine pieces.

Stuffing:

Boil and peel the potato. Once it is cool mash it. To it add crumbled panner, one finely chopped green chili, 1/2 teaspoon amchur powder, salt, 1/4 teaspoon chili powder, pinch of garam masala, pinch of coriander powder and few leaves or fresh coriander and mix well.

In a pan take about 1 tbsp of oil. When it is hot add mustard seed and cumin seeds. When they splutter add 1/4 of finely chopped onion, turmeric powder and ginger garlic paste. Cook till the raw flavor of ginger garlic is gone. To this add the above prepared mixture and cook till the raw flavor of ingredients is gone. Once the mixture is cooked let it cool down and fill the stuffing in the capsicums. If u have some extra stuffing use it in the gravy.

Once the capsicum are stuffed, in a skillet heat about 1 tablespoon of oil. Place the stuffed bell peppers and cook them covered on medium heat for about 15 to 20 minutes. Turn them to sides in-between so that they get cooked evenly on all sides.

Gravy :

Dry roast the peanut and sesame seeds and grind them to a coarse texture. Take about 2 tbspns of oil. Add cloves , cinnamon and bay leave. When they start giving a good aroma add rest of the
onions. When it is slightly brown add turmeric, 1 tsp ginger garlic paste and saute till the raw flavor is gone. To this add green chillies and saute. Next finely chopped capsicum(pieces that we chopped from the tops of the peppers ) and tomato. Fry for about 3 minutes and add the roasted peanut and sesame powder. Mix well. To this add chili powder, amchur powder, salt ,coriander powder and garam masala powder and mix well. Add a little water to make the gravy thin. Let the gravy simmer for a couple of minutes.

When it is almost done Add the stuffed capsicum to the gravy. Cook the capsicum and gravy with closed lid for about 10 minutes an medium flame. Garnish with coriander leaves. This goes well with rice, roti or biryani (http://arcotneha.blogspot.com/2009/01/vegetable-dum-ka-biryani.html).