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Bhindi ka Salan / Okra peanut curry

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It’s a popular Indian dish made with fried chillies, peanut, sesame seeds and coconut. Usually this is made with green chillies and called as Mirchi ka salan (Green chilli curry). I made this as a change with Bhindi. It really tasted good. The curry goes well with biryani or roti or plain hot rice with ghee (clarified butter).

You can always replace other veggies like eggplant or potato. I have already made Mirchi ka salan , mushroom salan and bell pepper ka salan.

This is totally vegan. I wanted to cook peanuts as I had a lot and that is the whole reason to make this. It is a good protein rich food because of peanuts. Few tend to add yogurt however I don’t. I want to make it as simple as I can. I always like standing in the kitchen and cooking, however, these days I don’t want to stand too much in the kitchen. May be my priorities are getting changed and have no time like most people J. But, any day I love cooking.

After a long time, I am posting a recipe. When I say after a long time, it’s been almost 6 months. I made this last weekend and I made an effort today to type this.

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Bhindi ka Salan / Okra peanut curry
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • • To roast & grind:
  • • Peanuts –3 tbsp
  • • Dry Red chilli – 3
  • • Sesame seeds – 1 tbsp
  • • Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
  • • Coconut – 1 tbsp
  • • Ginger – 1 inch, chopped finely
  • • Garlic – 6, chopped finely
  • For gravy:
  • • Oil – 1 tbsp
  • • Curry leaves – 6-8 leaves
  • • Hing - a pinch
  • • Onions – 1 large, sliced, 1 cup
  • • Green chili - 2 small, slit
  • • Salt – as needed
  • • Turmeric – 1 tsp
  • • Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
  • • Coriander powder – 1 tbsp
  • • Cumin powder – 1 tsp
  • • Coriander – 1 tbsp, chopped finely
  • • Jaggery/sugar – ¼ tsp
  • • Okra – 15
Instructions
  1. Chop the okra into 1.5 inch. When they are dry, add them to oil and fry till they look little lighter shade.[BR] [BR]
  2. Dry roast the peanuts, red chillies, garlic, ginger and coconut in medium low flame until golden brown. Keep an eye on this. It gets brunt easily. Add this mixture to the blender and blend it with some water to a fine paste.
  3. Now add the oil in the pan and when the oil is hot, add the curry leaves, onions, hing and little salt. Cook the onions till they are golden brown, Add turmeric and blended paste, cumin powder, red chilli powder and coriander powder to the mixture.

  4. Add a tsp of oil and sauté the mixture. Fry for two minute and add some water to it. Cook for ten minutes. Stir in between till the oil oozes out nicely.

  5. When it oozes out oil again add the fried okta and jaggery/sugar to the gravy and let it cook for 5 mins so that the juices of the gravy het absorbed by the okra.

  6. Garnish with the chopped coriander leaves.

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Roasted Bell Pepper Gravy / Shimla Mirch ka salan:

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shmilaMirchKaSalan-18Bell Peppers in spicy peanut sesame gravy.

Salan means gravy here and shimla mirch is bell pepper/capsicum. It taste great with simple jeera rice, peas pulao or even plain rice. It is perfect with Indian breads like roti,chana dal paratha, parotta and so on. I made this with parotta and it was scrumptious. Usually salan is something that goes well with biryani. I usually make the mirchi ka salan for biryani but this time I wanted to try something else and did this. I adapted the idea from Vahchef and then made my twist and turns. You can replace the bell pepper with any vegetable you fancy. This goes great with Biryani recipes. Its light spiced, creamy and tangy! I used different coloured ones to make it more attractive 🙂 You can use the same color. Looks Colorful 😀 right?!

Vegan Note: replace yogurt with coconut milk! 🙂

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Roasted Bell Pepper Gravy / Shimla Mirch ka salan:
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
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Cook time: 
Total time: 
Serves: 45 mins
 
Ingredients
  • • To roast & grind:
  • • Peanuts –2 tbsp
  • • Sesame seeds – 1 tbsp
  • • Coconut – 1 tbsp


    For gravy:
  • • Oil – 1 tbsp
  • • Red chillies – 2 broken roughly
  • • Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
  • • Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
  • • Fenugreek – 1 tsp
  • • Curry leaves – 6-8 leaves
  • • Hing - a pinch
  • • Onions – 1 large, sliced, 1 cup
  • • Salt – as needed
  • • Turmeric – 1 tsp
  • • Ginger garlic paste – ½ tbsp
  • • Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
  • • Coriander powder – 1 tbsp
  • • Cumin powder – 1 tsp
  • • Mint – 1 tbsp, chopped finely
  • • Coriander – 1 tbsp, chopped finely
  • • Yogurt – ½ cup beaten
  • • Bell pepper – 3 medium,Diced ( I used different coloured ones)
Instructions
  1. Heat a tbsp of oil in a pan, when the Bell pepper/ Capsicum are dry, then add them to oil and fry till they look little lighter shade in low to medium flame.
  2. Dry roasts the peanuts in a medium flame. When the peanuts are roasted, add the sesame seeds. When the sesame seeds are golden brown, Add coconut. Keep an eye on this. It gets brunt easily. Add this mixture to the blender and blend it with some water to a fine paste.
  3. , Now add the oil in the pan and when the oil is hot, add the whole red chillies, and then add mustard seeds. And when the mustard seeds crackle, add fenugreek seeds and cumin seeds.
  4. Now add the curry leaves, onions, hing and little salt. Cook the onions till they are golden brown, Add turmeric and ginger garlic paste and cook to remove the raw smell.
  5. Add the blended mixture, cumin powder, red chilli powder and coriander powder to the mixture. Fry for two minute and add some water to it. Cook for fifteen minutes. Stir in between till the oil oozes out nicely. Add the chopped mint and coriander leaves. Boil for two minutes.
  6. add the beaten yogurt and simmer for another ten minutes. When it oozes out oil again add the roasted capsicum and jaggery to the gravy and let it cook for 5 mins so that the juices of the gravy het absorbed by the chilies.
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Vegan Note: replace yogurt with coconut milk! 🙂

 Taste great with Vegetable Biryani or Shrimp Biryani, peas pulao, parotta, chana dal paratha or simple jeera rice.
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Mirchi Ka Salan / Green Chilli Curry

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Mirchikasalan1fnameIt’s a popular dish made with fried chillies, peanut, sesame seeds and coconut. The curry goes well with biryani.  Mirchi ka salan is similar to bhagara baigan except that you add chillies instead of eggplant and you add yogurt to it. The mirchis used are longer ones; they are called finger hots here. You can even use banana peppers or any kind of green chillies for this preparation. I guess the only curry I know with chilly is the mirchi ka salan. They are made from healthy ingredients – sesame seeds, peanuts, yogurt and coconut. These ingredients help to tone down the heat of the green chillies in the curry.

I came to know about this dish when I stayed in Hyderabad for few months. This dish really stood out to me, I say that because it’s been 6 years but I still remember this dish very much with other beautiful memories. It goes really well with hyderabadi biryani. Its light spiced, creamy and tangy. It looks really simple and normal dish but it is bursting with flavors. Baigan ka salan is also good with biryani. I will post the recipe soon. This goes well with jeera rice, roti,naan or phulka.

This dish involves a lot more of ingredients than an average dish. But its worth doing and tasting it. Making a Mirchi ka Salan is not the quickest thing you can do and it does involve a lot more ingredients than the average dish. But trust me when I say it’s worth it. I have made many a times and it has never failed. The very first time when I heard this dish, I was like” should I go with it”. Back then I was hungry so I just ordered it. But it was VERY TASTY not just because I was hungry ;). It tasted palatable every time I had it.

Vegan note: replace yogurt with coconut milk.

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MIRCHI KA SALAN/ GREEN CHILLI CURRY
Author: 
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian, Hyderabad
Prep time: 
Cook time: 
Total time: 
Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • To roast & grind:
  • Peanuts –2 tbsp
  • Sesame seeds – 1 tbsp
  • Coconut – 1 tbsp
    For gravy:
  • Oil – 1 tbsp
  • Red chillies – 2 broken roughly
  • Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
  • Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
  • Fenugreek – 1 tsp
  • Curry leaves – 6-8 leaves
  • Hing - a pinch
  • Onions – 1 large, sliced, 1 cup
  • Salt – as needed
  • Turmeric – 1 tsp
  • Ginger garlic paste – ½ tbsp
  • Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
  • Coriander powder – 1 tbsp
  • Cumin powder – 1 tsp
  • Mint – 1 tbsp, chopped finely
  • Coriander – 1 tbsp, chopped finely
  • Yogurt – ½ cup beaten
  • Green Chillies - 8- 10
Instructions
  1. Slit the green chillies in the middle and remove the seeds. When they are dry add them to oil and fry till they look little lighter shade.
  2. Dry roasts the peanuts in a medium flame. When the peanuts are roasted, add the sesame seeds. When the sesame seeds are golden brown, Add coconut. Keep an eye on this. It gets brunt easily. Add this mixture to the blender and blend it with some water to a fine paste.
  3. , Now add the oil in the pan and when the oil is hot, add the whole red chillies, and then add mustard seeds. And when the mustard seeds crackle, add fenugreek seeds and cumin seeds.
  4. Now add the curry leaves, onions, hing and little salt. Cook the onions till they are golden brown, Add turmeric and ginger garlic paste and cook to remove the raw smell.
  5. Add the blended mixture, cumin powder, red chilli powder and coriander powder to the mixture. Fry for two minute and add some water to it. Cook for fifteen minutes. Stir in between till the oil oozes out nicely. Add the chopped mint and coriander leaves. Boil for two minutes.
  6. add the beaten yogurt and simmer for another ten minutes. When it oozes out oil again add the fried green chillies and jaggery to the gravy and let it cook for 5 mins so that the juices of the gravy het absorbed by the chilies.
Notes
1. Roast the peanuts in medium flame as it gets roasted quickly.
2. You can also add tamarind juice in this recipe.
3. Any kind of chillies , seeds removed is good.
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This goes well with jeera rice, roti,naan or phulka.

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