Stir Fried Bell Peppers

Hi friends! Normally I use only green coloured bell peppers for this recipe.
But this time, I have used different coloured bell peppers. It looked so colourful and tasted as nice as usual.





This is my submission for the event VOW JFI Bell Peppers hosted by http://creativepooja.blogspot.com/2008/05/lets-celebrate-completion-of-2.html


Ingredients:

Bell Peppers- 3 different coloured
Roasted ground nuts- 1 cup
Garlic-2 cloves
Cumin seeds-1 teaspoon
Chilli powder-1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder-a pinch
Sugar-a pinch
Tamarind-very little
Salt-1 tablespoon
Oil-1 tablespoon

Method:

1. Wash and cut the bell peppers into small pieces. Don’t forget to take out the seeds.
2. Grind the ground nuts, along with chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt, tamarind, cumin seeds and garlic into a coarse powder.
3. Heat the oil in a pan and add the pieces of bell peppers.
4. Fry them on a medium flame for three to four minutes after adding a pinch of sugar.
5. Lower the flame and add the grounded powder and stir it for 2-3 minutes. That’s it, turn off the stove and serve it with plain rice and rasam or with chapathis.

Papad Sabji

Hi Friends! I wanted to try this recipe for a long time but kept on postponing it. After seeing the RCI-Rajasthan, I thought of making this curry. We had it with rice, it tasted great.

I found this recipe in the following site:
http://www.bawarchi.com/cookbook/rajasthan2.html

This is my submission for RCI-Rajasthan hosted by Padmaja of http://spicyandhra.org/2008/04/17/flavours-of-the-desert-rci-rajasthan


Ingredients:

Papad-6 small sized (break into small pieces)
Curd-1 cup
Chilli powder-1 teaspoon
Cumin seeds-1/2 teaspoon
Mustard seeds-1/2 teaspoon
Turmeric powder-1/4 teaspoon
Asafoetida-a pinch or pepper powder-a pinch
Chopped coriander leaves-a few
Salt-1 teaspoon
Ghee or oil-1 tablespoon


Method:

1. Heat the ghee in a pan and add the cumin and mustard seeds.
2. Add pepper powder and turmeric powder.
3. Now add the curd, salt and chilli powder. Stir it and add ¼ cup of water.
4. Let it boil on a medium flame and add the papad pieces. Cook it for 2-3 minutes.
5. Turn off the stove and garnish it with coriander leaves. Serve hot with rotis or rice.