Description
Spicy chutney made with Red Bell pepper / Red Capsicum. | Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| 1 no | Red bell pepper |
| 6 nos | Shallots (sambar onions) |
| 1 clove | Garlic |
| 3 nos | Dry red chilli |
| 2 tbsp | Roasted peanuts |
| 1 MarbleSz | Tamarind |
| 2 tbsp | Oil |
| ¼ tsp | Salt (or to taste) |
Instructions
Wash the bell pepper, cut it lengthwise and remove all seeds. Chop them into fine pieces and keep aside. Soak the tamarind in little water and squeeze it to get the pulp. Dry roast the peanuts and keep them aside too. Heat oil in a pan and fry the dry red chilli along with shallots, bell pepper and garlic until they turn dark brown. Now grind this with roasted peanuts, tamarind pulp and salt to a fine paste. Seasoning not required, but if you wish, can can splutter mustard and some curry leaves. in a tsp of oil and add it to the chutney. Serve with hot idlis / dosai.
Notes
Grind with 1/4 tsp of cumin seeds will enhance the taste.
Another version of this recipe is to add a tsp of jaggery while grinding, which adds litlle sweetness to the chutney. Most of the Andhra style preparation includes jaggery.
10 Comments
I prepared this chutney with out shallots mullai, yet the taste was awesome. Thanks for helping us with such nice recipies 😉
Mullai, prepared for breakfast. It was yummy. i’ve added 2 bell peppers(want more hot). superaa irunthathu. Why u asked to take the seeds out? Seeds are not good?
Kavi.
Kavi, the seeds and pith are not harmful or poisonous, but taste very bitter. Normally its recommend to remove the seeds and pith, as most people do not like bitter or astringent flavour. Thanks. Adutha post eppo??? Your rava dosai was nice, very glad to see many active posts. Great ! and thanks for sharing.
For dinner i want to make this chutney and came to see this recipe again. Sorry, some how i missed ur reply. Thanks a lot Mullai.
Hello Mullai,
I tried this red bell pepper chutney & its yummy & looks gr8…. thanks for the recipe.
I guess we can even make this same using green tomatoes. Please let me know if we have to alter any of the ingredients.
Hi Sweety,
Not really sure, as I've not tried with green tomatoes, will update once I try it.
Hi Mullai,
I tried making redbell pepper chutney and i came out so well and very tasty. I was wondering if we can make the same thing with greenbell pepper also.
Yes… you can make with green bell peppers, but will taste slightly different and will look dark green in colour. Red ones tastes better and looks appealing.
Hi Mullai,
I have read almost all ur recipes, all r good. I have tried ur thenkuzhal using ziplock cover, tomato thokku and rava kichadi receipes. Yesterday I tried this red bell-pepper chutney which came out very tasty. We went out for shopping and came back home late by around 8.45. Had to manage with the leftover dosa batter in the fridge. But I wanted to try ur red capsicum chutney recipe too as I was very much bored of eating dosa with idli melakai podi. Since I was running short of time, I omitted the shallots and used jeera for extra flavour. Its the right sidedish for dosa, my hubby loved this chutney. Thanks for this wonderful receipe:-)) I will definetly make this chutney everytime when I make dosa.
Next I am planning to try ur parotta and vazhaipoo vadai if I get vazhaipoo in US. Good collection, Nice presentation !!!
To add more flavour, u can also add bit Curry leaves n Coriander leaves, Itz Gives extra odur n Flavour.