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Green Chillies -
Mirchi ka Salam
Recipe
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Recipes in English
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Vegetarian Recipes / Vegen Recipes / Veggie Recipes >> Mirchi ka
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It may sound
incredible but this dish is cooked to spice up green chillies. |
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Green chillies
250 gm |
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Potatoes,
peeled and diced 160 gm/ 2/3 cup |
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Coconut,
dessicated 30 gm/2 tbs |
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Coriander
seeds 5 gm/1 tsp |
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Cumin (jeera)
seeds 15 gm/1 tbs |
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Curry leaves
10 |
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Garlic paste
10 gm/2 tsp |
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Ginger paste
10 gm/2 tsp |
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Mustard oil (sarson
ka tel) 120 ml/ 1/2 cup |
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Poppy seeds (khus
khus) 10 gm/2 tsp |
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Red chilli
powder 10 gm/2 tsp |
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Salt to taste
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Sesame (til)
seeds 10 gm/2 tsp |
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Tamarind (imlee)
45 gm |
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Turmeric (haldi)
powder 5 gm/1 tsp |
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- Roast
coriander, cumin, poppy and sesame seeds on a griddle and
pound. Roast coconut too. Wash and soak tamarind in 240 ml/1
cup water. Mash well, then squeeze out and discard pulp.
Remove stem, slit and deseed chillies without separating
them. Pat dry. Heat oil in a kadhai. Fry potatoes till
golden brown. Remove.
- Reserve
a few green chillies for garnish. Fry the rest till soft.
Drain. In the same oil brown the ginger and garlic pastes,
ground seeds, turmeric, chilli powder, curry leaves and
coconut. Add green chillies and 480 ml/2 cups water. Cover
and simmer for 5 minutes. Add fried potatoes and simmer till
chillies and potatoes are tender. Add tamarind juice through
a stainer and let simmer till gravy thickens.
- Time:
Preparation: 20 minutes
Cooking: 30 minutes
- To
Serve: Garnish with slit green chillies and serve with
plain boiled rice.
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