Cottage Cheese In A Red Capsicum Gravy….From 660 Curries

Hi!

There are some recipes that you want to try  the minute you see, this curry has been in my mind since a long time ever since I had read it in Mirch Masala who herself adapted it from 660 Curries by Raghavan Iyer.  I have read rave reviews about the book and I want to buy this book some point of time, I do not mind S or any of my friends gifting this to me. I was so desperate to try it the minute I marked it but the unavailability of the red bell pepper that time made it postpone.

Now that the peppers are readily available I was keen to try. I told S that I am going to make a gravy using bell pepper. He was quite surprised and sounded a little sceptical too but I was super excited to try the red pepper in a gravy, somehow I found the concept too inviting and new too.

When I read the recipe, realized there’s no use of oil and there is absolutely no roasting of the masala unlike all the curries that I make. This curry was surely challenging me as my regular readers would know how much I stress on ‘bhuno’ the masala to get the flavours out. To my surprise the curry turned out awesome and I did not miss out roasting the spices and masala here. The curry is smooth with delicate flavours and a perfect delight for cottage cheese lovers. It is a perfect curry for a hurried dinner or even when you have unexpected guests as it can be cooked in very less time. After I cooked this the first call I made was surely to…….

Ingredients

1 red bell pepper cubed

1/3 cup cashewnuts

2-3 green cardamom

4 green chilies

1 tsp red chili pwd

200 gms Cottage Cheese Cubed

salt to taste

Method

Boil a cup of water and add the bell pepper, green chillies, cardamom and cashewnuts to it and cook till the peppers turn soft. Remove from fire and cool.

Grind the bell pepper- cashewnut mix to a paste.

Pour it in a pan and bring it to a boil, add salt to taste, red chili pwd and cottage cheese. Cook for 10- 15 mins on low flame till the gravy thickens.

Garnish with fresh coriander and serve hot with Naan or Kulcha/ Roti.

 

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