Sunday, December 9, 2007

Mixed vegetables in spicy red sauce.


Ingredients :
Potatoes - 4 small sized (peeled and diced),
Capsicum or Bell peppers (red or yellow) - 2 medium sized (diced),
Mushrooms and Green peas - 100 gms,
Tomato puree (paste) - 1 cup,
Dried red chillies - 10
Garlic - 4 cloves, Ginger paste - 1 tbsp, Cumin seeds - 2 1/2 tbsp,
Coriander powder , Chilli powder and tamarind paste - 1/2 tbsp.
Oil - 1/4 cup , hot chilli sauce - 2 tsp. Salt to taste.
Coriander - finely chopped.

Method :
Cook the potatoes separately. Soak the chillies, cumin seeds and garlic in water for sometime and then grind along with the ginger paste, coriander powder and chilli powder into a smooth paste. Heat oil in a wok, add the tomato puree and saute. Now add the grounded paste and the tamarind, saute in low flame for 15 minutes. Add the vegetables, salt and the chilli sauce. Cook for sometime under low-medium heat (3/4th covered).
Garnish with coriander and serve hot with 'tandoori naan'.

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