Today's recipe for Blogging Marathon #34 under the theme cooking with Capsicum is a simple yet delicious chutney.
This chutney I learned from one of my friend who makes excellent and innovative chutneys with veggies.
She uses sesame seeds also along with the peanut,as I ran out of sesame seeds used peanuts only for this chutney.
Addition of sesame seeds is an added flavor for the chutney.Now off to the recipe...................
Basic Information
Preparation Time 10 minutes
Cooking Time 10 minutes
Serves 2
Ingredients
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Green Capsicum/kudamilagai | 1/2cup(chopped) |
| Peanuts/verkadalai | 1/4cup |
| Green Chilly/pachamilagai | 3-4 |
| Garlic/poondu | 1 fat clove |
| Tamarind/puli | peanut size |
| Coriander leaves/kothamalli | 4-5 strands |
| Salt | to taste |
| Oil | 1tbs |
For the tempering
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Mustard seeds/kadugu | 1/4tsp |
| Urad dhal/ulutham paruppu | 1/2tsp |
| Asafoetida/perungayam | a pinch |
| Curry leaves | 4-5 leaves |
Method
Heat 2 tsp of oil in a pan and fry the peanuts and green chillies till it turns golden.Now add in the chopped capsicum and saute it till the capsicum become soft and tender.Let the mixture gets cool down.
After cooling put the mixture in a blender,to this add the chopped coriander leaves,garlic,tamarind and salt.Pulse it for 15-20 seconds then add little water and grind it to a bit coarse paste.Tranfer it to a bowl.Now heat a pan with a tsp of oil and do the tempering and add it to the chutney.Mix it well.
Simple and flavorful chutney is ready.
Enjoy................................................
- Fry the peanuts in a medium flame to get fried evenly and the amount of chilly can be adjusted according to personal preference.
Check out my fellow bloggers participate in Blogging Marathon#34.
No comments:
Post a Comment