Red Capsicum Chutney
Super yummy and low calorie chutney, goes well with almost anything.
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp oil
- 3 red capsicums cut in cubes
- 9 green chillies adjust to your taste
- ¾ tsp salt
- 3 tbsp roasted sesame powder or peanut powder optional
- 3 tbsp thin tamarind pulp
Seasoning
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp urad dal (black gram)
- ½ tsp bengal gram
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- few curryleaves
- 2 broken red chilly optional
- ¼ tsp hing
Instructions
- Heat a small pan with 3 tsp oil.
- Add chopped red capsicum, saute on medium flame. Cook until they are soft. Add green chillies, saute for 30 sec. Turn off. Cool these completely.
- Add them to the blender jar along with roasted sesame powder, salt and tamarind pulp. Blend to a smooth paste.
- Check the taste for salt. Adjust.
- Heat a small pan with 2 tbsp oil, add 1 tsp urad dal, ½ tsp bengal gram, ½ tsp mustard seeds, ½ tsp cumin seeds.
- When they begin to crackle and urad dal turns gloden in color, add curry leaves and ¼ tpsphing. Add this seasoning to chutney.
- Serve with any of your favorite snacks, multigrain vada, rice, idli. dosa, chapathi, roti...
Notes
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- Roast sesame seeds and grind them to powder and keep it ready and also you can keep in an air tight bottle, to use for curries, chutneys..You may also use roasted peanut powder.
- You may use roasted peanut powder.