Banana Pepper, Raw Banana Dry Curry

Hope you all had a good weekend. We had a wonderful yet busy weekend. We had a line of chores, but did not complete most of it. The usual complaint about the weekend is that it gets over very fast. During the week I enthusiastically plan for the weekend, but then most of the tasks don’t get done and before we know it gets over in the blink of an eye. So many things, so little time !  Last week we came up with this recipe on a whim after scanning through the ingredients in the fridge that needed immediate…

Capsicum Masala Recipe/ Bell pepper coconut curry (dry)

While there are different ways of making capsicum curries, this way of making capsicum/bell pepper curry is my all-time favorite. For starters the pungent capsicum is cooked in a coconut masala which has a balanced combination of the essential 4 S sweet, spicy, salty and sour. So, when the bell pepper gets cooked in this masala it forms an enticing combination. This Capsicum Masala is easy to put together: while the onion, capsicums are cooking in a pan, I grind the coconut masala and add it to the cooked veggies. Since everything cooks fast, this dish gets done in a…

Teppal Ambat (Potato Curry in Triphal spice)

Teppal / Tirphal also called as Sichuan pepper is a rare spice Indian resembling a bigger version of black pepper. This is predominantly used in Maharashtra and coastal Konkan cooking.  If you are looking at this spice for the first time, then you might ignore it as it so ordinary looking with no distinct flavor or aroma of its own. But looks can be so deceiving and this spice goes on to prove just that. The minute you crush about 6-9 of them in water you begin to see the change and start getting that distinct aroma. The final magic…