Capsicum Curry/Bell pepper Curry

About the recipe:

Capsicums are beautifully colored vegetables and each of them have a unique taste. The green capsicum have a slightly bitter taste. Red and yellow are milder flavored, sweeter and pleasant to taste. A small capsicum could provide up to three times more than the recommended daily amount of Vitamin C, much more than any citrus fruit.

Now, Lets make a quick and yummy dish using capsicum. This dish goes well with chapathi, phulka and plain rice.

Preparation time: 10 mins

Cook time: 15 mins

Serves: 2

Ingredients needed:

Capsicum/Bell Pepper:2 Cups  (Any color of your choice)

Onion: 1

Coriander seeds: 1 tbsp

Grated Coconut: 1 tbsp

Ginger-garlic paste: 1 spoon

Turmeric Powder:  ½ spoon

Chilly Powder: ½ tbsp

Coriander leaves/Cilantro: few

Salt: as required

For the Seasoning:

Oil: 1 tbsp

Cumin seeds: ½ tbsp

Preparation:

1. Cut Capsicum into medium size cubes

2. Chop onion finely

3. Dry roast (do not add oil) coriander seeds and coconut for 2-3 mins, powder it using a mixer/blender without adding water and keep it aside.

Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds.

2. Wait till the cumin seeds become light brown, then add the chopped onion

3. Add salt since it brings out the moisture from the onions and makes it to cook faster.

4. When the onion becomes transparent, add the chopped Bell Pepper/Capsicum

5. Add the dry roast powder(coriander and coconut) and chilly powder

6. Saute till the Capsicum is soft. Cook the capsicum in open pan. Do not close the pan with a lid for cooking the capsicum as this will turn the capsicum mushy

7.When the capsicum becomes soft (this would take around 10 mins), check for salt and put off the flame

8. Garnish it with coriander leaves/Cilantro and serve it hot

Note:

1.If you have the store bought coriander powder, u can use that. In that case dry roast only the coconut

2.In case if you have the store bought coriander powder and coconut powder, then u can use them directly and skip the dry roasting step

3.I have used two colors of capsicum(red and green), Using only green capsicum also gives equal taste