Dry Green Pepper Curry
Dry green pepper curry/shaak coated with chickpea flour mix, loaded peanuts, sesame seeds and lots of dry spices!
Ingredients
- 5 Green Bell Peppers
- 3 tbsp Oil
- ¾ cup Chickpea Flour
- ½ cup Coarsely Ground Peanuts
- 2 tbsp White Sesame Seeds
- 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1 tbsp Dhana Jiru cumin coriander powder
- 1 tbsp Garam Masala
- 1 tbsp Salt
- 2 tbsp Sugar
- 1 tbsp Red Chili Powder
- 1 cup Water
Instructions
Prepare Chickpea flour mix
- Dry roast chickpea flour on low/medium heat until it start changing color to golden brown. It should take about 3-5 minutes. Keep mixing frequently while you roast it so the bottom part does not burn.
- Add all the spices except sugar. Add ground peanuts and sesame seeds to the flour and mix well. Roast it for another minute.
- Take it off the stove and add sugar. Mix well and keep it aside.
Cook peppers
- Heat 3-4 tbsp of oil in shallow wide non stick pan.
- Once hot, add cubed green bell peppers to it.
- Char the peppers on high medium/heat until they start having charred spots on them and half way cooked.
- Add chickpea spice mix to the charred peppers. Mix well.
- Add 1 cup of water to it and mix well.
- Cook on medium heat for 5-7 minutes or until peppers are cooked to your desire and extra moister from the chickpea mix start to evaporate, while stirring few times in between. It should get somewhat dry.
- Take it off the heat and serve it hot with some phulka roti, dal and rice!
