Preparation time
- Total: Approximately 25 minutes
- Preparation: 15 minutes
- Cooking: 10 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 cup Rice - cooked
- 2-3 Green Bell Pepper (Capsicum) - chopped into medium size pieces
- Fistful Green peas (Matar)
- 1 Onion - chopped
- 1 Green Chilli - slit
- 2-3 tablespoons Vangi Bath Powder
- Salt - as required
- Tamarind - soaked in water
- Lemon juice - few drops
- 2-3 tablespoons Dry coconut (kopra) - grated
- 2-3 tablespoons Sunflower Oil
- 1/2 teaspoon Mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon Chana dal (Bengal Gram Dal)
- 1 teaspoon White Urad Dal (Split)
- Few Cashew nuts
- Few Curry leaves
- 1 Dry Red Chilli - broken
- 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
Instructions
- To begin making the Capsicum Bath recipe, firstly wash rice and cook it with water and salt in a saucepan
- The cooked rice grains should be separate and not mushy
- Once cooked, spread the cooked rice on a wide plate
- This will make the grains separate further and also helps to cool down quickly
- (It has to be cooled properly before using)Heat oil in a kadhai and add mustard seeds, lentils and cashew nuts
- Once they splutter add curry leaves, red chili and green chili
- Add onion, green peas, turmeric and salt
- Saute it till the raw smell of onion goes away
- Once it is done, add chopped capsicum and cook it for 3-4 minutes
- Once the capsicum is cooked half, add vangibath powder, tamarind juice and mix everything well
- Cover and cook for 3-4 minutes, so that capsicum takes in the flavour
- Finally, add the grated coconut and give a gentle mix
- Switch off after the extra moisture has evaporated
- Now add rice to the pan and mix everything properly
- Drizzle some lemon juice, salt and mix it well again
- Serve Capsicum Bath with Lauki Raita, Beetroot Raita, Burani Raita or any other Raita of your choice
Other informations
The table below shows servings values and other necessary informations.
- Servings
- Cuisine
- Course
- Diet
- 4
- Indian
- Lunch
- Vegetarian