Mixed Vegetable Curry

Hmm...so I had the curry left over from the dum aaloo, so I decided to defrost it today and add a medley of vegetables to it.

Ingredients:

1. 2 carrots
2. 1 capsicum
3. 1/2 cauliflower
4. 2 small potatoes
5. a bunch of green beans
6. 1/2 cup frozen peas
7. 1/2 cup paneer
8. 1 1/2 cup of the curry (from dum aloo recipe)
9. salt, pepper for taste
10. 2-3 tbsp oil

Process:

1. Chopped all the vegetables in small pieces. Try to cut them in equal sizes so it looks good.
2. In a pan, add 2-3 tbsp oil, I added the vegetables in order of which they will cook. (I cut vegetable as the other one is cooking - time management.) The longest time for cooking is carrots, so I cut and cook it first in the frying pan. I don't cook it all the way as I am going to add the other vegetables one by one. So...add carrots, then potatoes, green beans (I added mine later as I had some frozen one), then cauliflower, peas and finally paneer. Add these within 5-7 minutes of each cooking. By the time I added the paneer, everything else is quite cooked. I did not add any water yet.
3. Added quarter cup water to make sure all is well cooked. Cooking vegetables without water gives them a nice flavor and does not mush them up.
4. Once all seems cooked/tender, add the curry and cook for 15-20 mins.
   
5. Garnish with cilantro.

Enjoy with naan or rice!!
(I would have had pictures but they all got deleted!!)

Potato Stuffed Capsicum

This is a simply a tasty and flavorful way to eat capsicum - green bell pepper. Capsicums have a very strong flavor and stuffing them with potatoes only makes them better. They can be eaten as a snack as is or with parantha.

Ingredients

1. 2 medium potatoes
2. 4 small size green bell peppers
3. 1 green chili (optional)
4. 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
5. 1 1/2 tsp coriander powder
6. 1/2 tsp amchur (dried mango powder)
7. Salt and pepper to taste

Process

1. Boil the potatoes (I do this in pressure cooker - you can do this in the microwave too)
2. Peel and mash the potatoes
3. In a frying pan, pour 2-3 tbsp of oil and heat it.
4. When hot - add cumin seeds, coriander powder and red chili.
5. Let it brown a bit. Add green chili to fry it little bit.
6. Add the mashed potatoes and mix well.
7. Add the salt and stir to mix. 
8. Keep stirring and roasting for 10 mins or so.
9. Add the amchur powder and mix well. (It is a good idea to taste the potatoes here to make sure the spices are to the right taste) 
10. Wash the capsicums and cut them in half. Remove the stem. The seeds inside can be removed or not - its up to your taste. 
11. Stuff the capsicum with as much potatoes as you can.
12. Heat a 8 or 11" flat frying pan. Spray with oil or pour a little oil to just cover the base of the pan.
13. Place the capsicums (not the potato side)  on the frying pan. 
14. Cover the pan with the lid and cook until lightly brown.
15. Flip the pepper to the other side and turn off the heat. The potato side will now be slightly roasted in the remaining heat.
16. Flip the peppers open side up to serve.