Stuffed Capsicum masala

North Karnataka Style

This recipe I borrowed from my mom. This recipe is her signature recipe,she cooks stuffed capsicum,brinzal very tasty.

Prep Time: 20 min

Cook Time: 40 min

Serves for: 4 persons

Ingredients

6 - Capsicum
2 large - Onion

1 cup – Ground nuts

2 - Green chilly

3 tbsp – Dry Coconut

6 tbsp - oil

1/8 tsp - asafetida

1/8 tsp - turmeric powder

½ tsp - mustard seeds

½ tsp - cumin seeds

½ tsp – Garam masala

½ tsp – Coriander powder

½ tsp - Jaggery powder

1 tsp – red chilly powder

1 tsp - ginger paste

1 tsp – Tamarind paste

Salt to taste

Fresh Coriander

Fresh Curry leaves

Direction for Preparation: 

1. Slit Capsicum into four halves at upper side.

2. Saute these capsicums in kadai using 2tbsp of oil, if required use more oil. Saute until the capsicum are tender and skin of capsicum starts turning into dark green. Switch off the gas and close lid of kadai let the capsicum become soft there.

3. In another kadai add 2 tsp oil, roughly chopped onion, green chilly, ground nuts and dry coconut.Saute them in Kadai until onions are transparent.

4. Grind the above mixture of onion and coconut into rough paste.

5. To this paste mix well all the spice powder asafetida, turmeric powder, Garam masala, Coriander powder, red chilly powder, ginger paste, Jaggery powder, Tamarind paste and salt.

6. Stuff above prepared paste in already oil sauted capsicum.

7. Now for remaining paste add seasoning of cumin, mustard seeds, curry leaves, coriander in oil.

8. Add required amount of water and mix well to form curry.

9. Add these stuffed capsicum to the above curry and close lid let it boil for 5-10 min in very low flame.

10. Switch off the gas and serve hot stuffed capsicum with choice of Indian bread I prepared it with Jawar Roti.