Red Capsicum Thogayal/ Chutney

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Red capsicum chutney/ thogayal

Recipe Courtesy: Sudha Raghunathan


I am a big thogayal fan! Recently, my uncle Sriram recommended capsicum thogayal. Sudha maami is an expert in capsicum thogayal and poondu rasam.
I tried her recipe a few days back... It was simply superb! It tastes a lot like tomato thokku with a distinct capsicum flavour.
It tasted great with white rice, curd rice and dosa.. It is a two-in-one; thogayal cum chutney.


Ingredients:
1 red bell pepper/ red capsicum
1/4 orange/yellow capsicum
1 roma tomato
2 tbsp urad dal
1/2 tsp channa dal
2-3 red chillies
1 green chilli
2 inch tamarind (if the tomato is not very tangy)
salt to taste
3 peppercorns
3 curry leaves
1/4 tsp mustard
3 tsp oil
2 dashes hing


Cooking Directions:

Chop the tomatoes very finely. Chop 1/4 of the red capsicum very finely.
Chop the yellow bell-pepper and 3/4 of red bell-pepper coarsely.
Add oil in a kadai, splutter mustard seeds. When they crack, add curry leaves.
Add the dals, chillies, peppercorns, hing and roast till golden.
Transfer to mixie and grind to a coarse powder.
Add some more oil, add the coarsely chopped bell pepper and saute till crisp. Transfer to mixie and grind together with dals to a coarse paste with salt and tamarind without adding water.
Add oil again in the pan, add the finely chopped tomatoes and finely chopped bell peppers. Saute till very soft and done. Add the paste and continue to saute till it comes to thogayal consistency. Check for salt. Serve with rice/ dosa.
This recipe goes to Mahimaa's 15 minute cooking event

20 comments:

Unknown said...

This is a must try!Looks different and delicious!

aarthi said...

looks good.. will give it a try tomorrow and let u know..

kittymatti said...

thnx aarthu n priya!

Mangala Bhat said...

wowowowo ...nice recipe very color ful hey thanks for the comments @ my blog keep visitng happy cooking

Ramya Vijaykumar said...

Capsicum thogayal mmm looks very bright and gotta try this...

chef and her kitchen said...

capsicum chutney looks yummy.....
Thanks for visiting my blog and for ur words...keep visiting..

Priya Sriram said...

Looks yummy and a very new idea! Great one Preethi... :)

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It really turns my appetite on, the thogayal presented above looks hot and spicy... Hm...

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Tina said...

hai priyas first time here nice blog with different recipes...this capsicum chutney looks so different

Padmajha said...

Hi preethi!!Came to ur blog via foodie blogroll...
Nice blog and this chutney will find its place in my kitchen very soon!! :)..Checkout my blog when u are free...

Rathi said...

Her Sweet voice I have heard, not about her super cooking.... Hatsoff to the chef...Will try recipe soon

Dibs said...

Very nice & novel thogayal! Will surely try!

kittymatti said...

Thank u dibs, rathu, PJ, Tina, Jaundy, Priya sriram, ramya, Mangala!!!

sangeeta said...

we in north india make chutnys in a different way..so these SA chutnys with tadka n all seem exotic to me......i keep trying making them n i must say i love the south indian tadka........
thanks for being around.......n what is the meaning of kittimatti..

Chitra said...

capsicum chutney is new to me, will buy red one next time:)

kittymatti said...

thnx sangeeta and chitra...
BTW my name is Preethi. Kitty is my nick name (given by my sister) and matti is hers (given my me). This was our first common Email ID when we were at school - when we first got introduced to internet and email. Retained the name and the ID :) haha

Vibaas said...

looks spicy and yummy! a must try!

kittymatti said...

thx vibaas

Pavithra Elangovan said...

Looking so good and lovely colour

Vijiskitchencreations said...

Hi Preethi, All the reicpes are very nice and yummy

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