Capsicum Stuffed Curry

Ingredients:

• Capsicum - 10 Nos.
• Gram Flour (Senagapindi) - 4 Tbsp.
• Red chilly Powder
• Cumin (jeera) Powder
• Karappodi (Curry leaves powder)
• Senagapodi (Roasted gram dal powder)
• Dry coconut powder
• Salt to taste

Preparation:

Make a mixture of all the above ingredients using a little bit of oil.

Remove the stalks and seeds from the capsicum. Put this stuffing inside it.

Alternative: Keep the stalks like that and dont remove them. Instead, make slits vertically and horizontally in the bottom and then stuff the capsicum.

Microwave the stuffed capsicums for about 7-8 minutes. Heat oil in a flat pan and fry these semi cooked capsicums. Make sure the capscicums doesnt break apart while frying. Fry it for about 10 mins until all the sides of the stuffed capsicums are well cooked and fried. Serve hot with rice.

P.S. You can add any podi (karappodi, chutney podi, senagapodi, kandi podi, curry powder ) you have at your home for this mixture.

Capsicum Patoli (Capsicum Curry)

Ingredients:

• Capsicum - 5 Nos.
• Chana dal (SenagaPappu, Bengal gram) - 1/4 Cup
• Moong dal (PesaraPappu, Greengram dal) - 1/4 Cup
• Toor Dal (Kandipappu, red gram) - 1/4 Cup
• Chopped Onion - 1 No.
• Ginger - 1in. piece
• Green Chillies - 2 0r 3
• Oil - 4 tbsp.
• Salt to taste

Seasoning:

• Oil
• Urad dal (Minapappu, Split black dal)
• Mustard seeds (Aavalu)
• Dried Red chillies - 1 No.
• Curry leaves - 5-6 Nos.

Preparation:

Soak Chanadal, Moongdal and Toor dal for 1 hour. Coarsely grind chanadal, moongadal and toordal along with ginger, green chillies and salt. Make sure to put as little water as possible while grinding.

Heat oil in a pan and add uraddal, dried red chillies, mustard seeds and curry leaves. Once they start spluttering add the chopped onions and fry till transparent. Add the chopped Capsicum and let it cook with closed lid for a while. Now add the above ground paste and close the lid. Let the patoli cook for about 10 mins. Then remove the lid and fry the curry, until it comes like powdery texture. Add oil if necessary in between. Serve hot with rice or rotis.

Patoli is a traditional andhra dish. This same Patoli can be done with other veggies like bachalakura, drumsticks (mulakkada), goruchikkudikaya (Cluster beans), beans and scallions (spring onions).