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Bharwa Shimla Mirch (Capsicum Pasanda name given by me ) is a stuffed capsicum curry garnished with gravy.
Cooking Time: 12 min
Preparation Time:20 min
Total Time:32 min
Servings: 4
Category: Veg
Ingredients
| Capsicum | 4-5 small sized |
| Potato, boiled, peeled and mashed | 2 medium sized |
| Onion (finely chopped) | 1 medium sized |
| Tomato (finely chopped) | 3-4 big sized |
| Cumin Seeds (jeera) | 2 teaspoon |
| Asafoetida (Hing) | ½ tea spoon |
| Coriander powder (dhaniya) | 1teaspoon |
| Turmeric Powder (Haldi) | ½ teaspoon |
| Green chilly (chopped) | 2-3 |
| Red Chilly Powder | 1 teaspoon |
| Mustard seeds (Rai) | 1 teaspoon |
| Amchoor Powder | 2 teaspoon |
| Salt | To taste |
| Ginger garlic paste | 1 table spoon |
| Oil | 2-3 tablespoon |
| Fresh Coriander leaves (finely chopped) | 1 tablespoon |
| Grated Paneer | ½ cup |
Method
- Heat oil in a kadai, add hing, jeera, rai and when they splutter add green chilly, mashed potatoes into it.
- Fry it and add amchoor powder, red chilly powder, salt and mix it well and keep aside.
- Now heat oil in same kadai, add hing, jeera and when they splutter, add onions.
- After 1-2 minutes, add ginger garlic paste and sauté for a minute.
- Now add tomato, haldi powder, dhaniya powder, red chilly powder, salt and sauté till it leaves the oil. Cool it and grind it in mixer for smooth gravy.
- Meanwhile, cored the capsicum and remove all the seeds.
- Put all the capsicum in pressure cooker and take little water into it and add some salt (1 teaspoon). Cook it for 1-2 minutes (when pressure forms in cooker, no need of whistle).
- Remove it from the cooker and keep aside to cool.
- Now fill the potato mixture in each capsicum and cover it with capsicum covering. (top portion which is removed for coring.)
- Take oil in same pan and fry capsicum very gently so that potato mixture should not come out.\
- Now place each capsicum in serving plate.
- Add onion tomato gravy all over it.
- Garnish it with paneer, tomato slice and fresh coriander leaves.
- Serve it with hot chapatis.
Tips
- It can be served without gravy also, if time is less