Eye catching and good looking, the 3 bell pepper curry is a flavorful, quick side dish to make.
1.Take one each of red, yellow and green bell peppers, cut each one into half. Remove the seeds inside and slice them thin lengthwise.
2.Heat one teaspoon of peanut oil in a wide pan. Toast pinch of each mustard seeds, cumin, minced garlic (popu).
3.Add and cook bell peppers, covered for about 5 minutes on medium-low.
4.Remove the lid; add pinch of turmeric, a tablespoon of spicy dalia powder (pappula podi) and salt to taste. Cook/saute them for another 5 minutes openly, on high heat, stirring often.
Serve hot with rice and dal or with chapatis.
Celebrating Steelers Superbowl Sunday with 3 Bell pepper curry.
Looks yummy, Indira! The three colors go together, in a beautiful way.
Comment by Kay — February 3, 2006 @ 2:31 pm
3 rivers define Pittsburgh (Steelers), so the curry. Just like plain green bell pepper one, this curry is simple to make and taste great, Kay.
Comment by Indira — February 3, 2006 @ 2:37 pm
what a coincidence i just used the same combo for a topping for oothapam for morning breakfast. This look yummy as kay said.Just with plain dal and rice would be a great meal.
Comment by priya,ar — February 3, 2006 @ 3:23 pm
Indira,I stumbled on your blog 3-4 months back and check it everyday.Love your photography and style of writing.
Comment by Aditi — February 3, 2006 @ 4:20 pm
Hi Indira,
Could you post some Indian salad, raita recipes? We are trying to eat healthy and would love to try some.
Thanks.
Comment by anu — February 3, 2006 @ 5:33 pm
Indira – that sounds fantastic! I’m always tempted to buy one of each color when I see those beautiful bell peppers (sometimes they have orange too!) – this would be the perfect way to use them. Thanks!
Comment by Cathy — February 3, 2006 @ 9:04 pm
That is so pretty!
In the summer here, there are farmers who grow purple peppers, too. They would look pretty with the red, green, yellow and orange.
Calico curry!
Indira replies..
I’ve yet to try the purple ones, Barbara, the colour looks so weird to me.:)
Comment by Barbara — February 3, 2006 @ 11:08 pm
Looking Good is Very Empowering
I’d been having a little argument with myself about whether or not my little Blogher posts about low carb or low fat recipes were just a bit fluffy compared to the important issues that some of you were writing about, when suddenly I got it . . .
Trackback by BlogHer [beta] — February 4, 2006 @ 12:01 am
Looks god-awesome. just too good.
BTW, if you will answer my Tag from
the other blog where i have tagged you
would be nice.. lol… its a very sweet tag.
Comment by anthony — February 4, 2006 @ 4:41 am
Cool! 3 colors for 3 rivers!
Good luck to Steelers! Let them win the superbowl this time!
Comment by Kay — February 4, 2006 @ 11:32 am
tag is up. the post didn’t get published or got deleted last time.sorry for the trouble..
Indira replies,
Unless it’s related to food, I’m not very interested in answering any other tags, that’s my rule.
Sorry Anthony, I’m going to take a pass, on this meme. Hope that’s ok.
Comment by anthony — February 4, 2006 @ 11:43 am
Hi Indira,
Dropping by again to pick up yet another wonderful Andhra type recipe from you.Thank you for making me more popular with my better half who is from…you guessed it…Andhra!
Indira replies,
Glad to be of any help!
An Andhrawala, wow, You’ve got your hands full, aren’t you? 🙂
Comment by deccanheffalump — February 5, 2006 @ 1:19 am
Indira – I made this last night and had it with dal and rice – it was delicious! Thanks again!
Indira replies,
Sorry, Cathy, I couldn’t reply to your earlier comments. I was out of town this weekend and your comments went down in my wordpress comments list.
‘Dalia’ – they look exactly like chana dal, but lighter in weight and taste also very different. They taste really good when freshly made and sometimes the store bought ones taste little bit stale. I hope you got a good one(fresh dalia) and enjoyed the taste.
Thanks for trying out the recipe and I’m glad that it turned out good.:)
Comment by Cathy — February 6, 2006 @ 1:42 pm
Tastes as good as it looks. The “pappula podi ” touch makes this dish taste a lot different from the regular vegetable fry. To my surprise the red and orange peppers taste a little different from the regular green bell peppers. That’s a good enough reason for me to buy yellow and red bell peppers, apart from green bell peppers. Thank you for the recipe mam.
Comment by Raghuveer — May 23, 2006 @ 10:21 pm
Thank you for posting this recipe. It’s very easy to make and if you have the “pappula podi” ready it can be done in few minutes.
Plus it is very tasty.
-swathi
Comment by swathi — March 16, 2008 @ 7:30 pm