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Here is the another delicious recipe with capsicum. Capsicum gravy made with freshly ground tomato cashew paste along with onion and some spices. This is one of the most simple recipe that goes well with chapathi, roti, paratha or pulao. This recipe can also be made for special occasions like birthday parties, pot lucks or in the weekends.
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For bright red color, i have used kashmiri red chilli powder, for richness and creamy texture i grounded cashews along with tomatoes. This recipe is easy to prepare and simple to follow and can be prepared in under 30 minutes. Follow my step by step photo recipe to prepare Capsicum Gravy. If you like this recipe, share it, tweet it and pin it. Please do try and post your comments.
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RECIPE FOR CAPSICUM GRAVY
Coarse : Breakfast / Dinner
Cuisine : South Indian
Author : Jayashree Karthik
Prep Time : 10 min
Cook Time : 20 min
Total Time : 30 min
INGREDIENTS
To Grind
- 3 tomato – chopped
- 10 cashews
- 5 cloves
- 2 inch cinnamon stick
For Capsicum Gravy
- 3 tbsp oil
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 large onion – finely chopped onion
- 3 green chilli
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp red chilli powder – spicy
- 2 tsp coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp kashmiri red chilli – optional
- salt to taste
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 capsicum – cubed
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1/4 cup coriander leaves – chopped
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PROCEDURE
- in a blender, add chopped tomato, cashews, cloves and cinnamon stick
- blend to a smooth puree without adding water and set aside
- heat oil in a pan
- temper with cumin seeds
- add finely chopped onion and slitted green chilli
- saute for few minutes in medium flame until it turns translucent
- add ginger garlic paste
- saute for few minutes until the raw smell goes
- add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, kashmiri red chilli powder, coriander powder and salt
- mix well and cook the spice powders for 30 seconds to 1 minute or until the raw smell of spices goes
- add tomato puree and 1/2 cup water
- mix well
- cover and cook in low medium flame for 5 minutes or until the oil starts to separate from the gravy
- add cubed capsicum and sugar
- mix well
- cover and cook again in low medium flame for another 5 minutes
- garnish with chopped coriander leaves
- serve hot with chapathi or paratha
NOTES
- kashmiri red chilli powder is optional but it gives very good color to the gravy
- adjust spice level according to your taste
- for variation replace cashews with almonds
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Capsicum Gravy with Step By Step Photo Recipe
take 3 tomatoes, cloves, cinnamon stick and cashews
add all the ingredients into the blender
blend to a smooth puree without adding water
heat oil in a pan, temper with cumin seeds
add finely chopped onion and green chillies
saute well until transparent
add ginger garlic paste
saute well until the raw smell goes
add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, kashmiri red chilli powder, coriander powder and salt
mix well and cook for few minutes or until the raw
smell of spices goes
add tomato puree and water
mix well
cover and cook in low medium flame for 5-7 minutes
oil starts to separate from the gravy
add cubed capsicum and sugar
mix well and cook for another 5 minutes
garnish with chopped coriander leaves
serve hot with chapathi
CAPSICUM GRAVY
