Tuesday, December 30, 2008

MY FIRST ENTRY - ALOO CAPSICUM


FIRST STEP IS REALLY HARD!!!!

Can I, Cant’ I, Should I, Shouldn’t I…After a long thought, I am landing my first step into the cooking blogosphere because it needs some determination and regularity in posting the stuffs. I am interested in viewing other cook blogs but never thought of posting my own stuffs but after seeing people running for marathon races here in midst of their busy schedules, I too got interested to run along with them. Here’s my first entry. Hope I will improve the presentation and photography skills in the forthcoming stuffs.

INGREDIENTS:

Potato – 1 big size

Capscium – One big size

Tomato – 2 medium size

Onion – One medium size

Cumin seeds – 1 tbp

Garam Masala – 1 tbp

Coriander powder – 1 tbp

Cumin powder – 1 tbp

Red Chilly Powder – 1-2 tbp

Turmeric Powder – 1/4 tbp

Curry Leaves – few

Oil – 2 tbp

Salt – as required

TO GRIND:

Garlic – 4 cloves

Ginger – ½ inch piece

Tomato – 1 small size
Onion – 1 small size

Sauf – 1 small teaspoon

METHOD:


· Cut the capsicum, onion, and potato into thin long even strips and chop the tomato into small pieces.


· Grind all the above said items.

· Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds. When the seeds splutter, add curry leaves. Add onion and fry until golden brown. Then, add the chopped tomatoes. Now, add the chopped capsicum and the necessary salt.

· When the capsicum is half cooked, add the cumin seed powder, coriander powder, and garam masala powder one by one. Add little water if necessary and keep it in low flame for 5-7 minutes.

· Meanwhile, deep fry the potatoes with some little oil in another pan and keep it aside.

· Once the capsicum is cooked, add the deep fried potatoes and serve hot with roti/rice



8 comments:

Adlak's tiny world said...

Wow wonderful vidhya, it doesn't look like yr first entry... Pic itself inviting and prepare it for me when i come there...

Welcome to cooking blog dear.. happy blogging.

Beautiful pic and well narrated intro and good description of cooking method.Kalakara po....

sriharivatsan said...

Oh really. Thanks thanks..

anudivya said...

Welcome to the wonderful world of blogging... came here from Hema's blog. She is such an amazing cook and I am glad you joined us all too.
Looking forward to more posts from you.

sriharivatsan said...

Thanks Anudivya. Your warm welcome is motivating me a lot.

Sangeeth said...

Welcome to this wonderful blogging world....came here from Hema's blog.Hope t o c more from you.Wish you a very happy new year :)

sriharivatsan said...

Thanks Sangeeth. Wish you a very Happy New Year

Vidhya said...

Welcome to the blogging world dear... Aloo capsicum sounds really yummy. Will try it out soon. Why don't you join foodbuzz featured publisher program. mail me if you are interested viyer79@gmail.com

sriharivatsan said...

Thanx vidhya for visiting my blog..Getting comment for the first recipe makes me flying on top of the world..