POTATO CAPSICUM CURRY

 POTATO CAPSICUM CURRY 

Today's recipe is for a side dish made with two veggies, commonly available all over India namely potato and capsicum. By the way, capsicum is called bellpepper in the USA. 

Both potatoes and capsicum have health benefits and I make it a point to use them in my cooking fairly often. Together they make a good combination! 

Elsewhere in this blog, you will find dishes made with potatoes, and capsicum, such as:-

• Baby Potatoes Curry
• Kashmiri Dum Aloo
• Gobhi Simla Mirch
• Capsicum Masala

I have adapted this dish from Potato Capsicum Masala from Manchatti Kitchen. 

We tried this out recently and enjoyed the dish with hot rotis. 

Ingredients:-

• Potatoes, Medium sized , 2 
• Capsicum, Large sized, 1 
• Onions, medium sized, 2
• Tomato, 1
• Ginger Garlic paste, 1 tsp
• Coriander Powder, 1 tsp
• Turmeric Powder, 1/4 tsp
• Chilli Powder, 1 tsp
• Kitchen King Masala/ Garam Masala, 1/2 tsp
• Salt, to taste
• Coriander leaves, finely chopped, 1 tbsp for garnish

Dry Roast and Grind to a Fine Powder:-

• Fennel, 1 tsp 
• Peanuts, 1 tbsp, 
• Cashewnuts, 4

For Seasoning:-

• Mustard Seeds, 1/2 tsp
• Urad dal, 1 tsp
• Curry Leaves, 6-8
• Oil, 2 tbsp

Method:-

Wash, peel and cube the potato. Keep immersed in water to avoid discoloration

Wash, deseed, and cube the capsicum

Finely chop the onion and coriander leaves

Chop the tomato

In a kadhai, dry roast the fennel seeds till they become fragrant, keep aside

Next, dry roast the peanuts and cashew nuts 

In a small grinder jar, grind these roasted ingredients- fennel seeds, peanuts, and cashew nuts to a fine powder. Keep aside. 

In the same kadhai, heat 2 tbsp of oil and on medium heat add the mustard seeds

When they splutter add the urad dal and sauté till it changes colour, add the curry leaves and sauté for a few seconds

To this add the finely chopped onions, and a little salt

Fry till the onions turn a little golden in colour  

Add the potato cubes, mix well and cook covered for 2-3 minutes

Next, add the ginger garlic paste and fry till the raw smell goes

Now add the spice powders- coriander powder, turmeric powder, and chilli powder and mix well

Add the tomatoes and salt to taste. Mix well

Add some water, mix well and cover and cook till the potatoes are almost done

To this add the ground powder prepared earlier and mix well

Add the cubed capsicum and 1/2 cup of water

Cook for another 3 minutes till the capsicum gets done . Make sure the capsicum is cooked yet remains crunchy 

Add water to get the desired consistency

Add the Kitchen King masala or garam masala, mix well and cook for a couple of minutes

Finally, garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves

Serve hot with rotis