CAPSICUM ZUNKA / BESANWALI SHIMLA MIRCH RECIPE

There are days when all you need is a simple side dish with roti that takes no much time to put together. Today's recipe is one such no fuss that's "Capsicum Zunka " for western India or as "Besanwali Shimla Mirch" for Northern India.

 Wondering what Zunka is? Let me do a short intro to it. Basically Zunka is a very authentic typical north Karnataka and Maharashtrian dish in which roasted gram flour is the base. They can be made with or without vegetable and served as a side dish with roti.

Ingredients:

5 to 6 capsicum finely chopped and deseeded

2 onion finely chopped 

4 green chilles finely chopped

Few curry leaves

1 tsp jeera

1 tsp rai mustard seeds

1 tsp red chilli pd

1 tsp daniya pd

1 tsp jeera pd

1 tsp garam masala pd

1/2 tsp haldi

1/2 tsp amchoor pd

5 tbs besan 

1/4 tsp hing

2 whole red chilli into pieces

Salt as per taste

Method:

Take in a pan oil around 3 tbsn let it get hot then add rai then jeera  , kadipatta , whole red chilli let it temper then add finely chopped  onion let it be transulant and then add capsicum and let it cook on slow gas don’t cover it let it cook till half done then add all masala let it cook till mean while dry roast besan and keep aside the besan should be light brown colour then as the capsicum little more done then add besan spoon by spoon as there should not be any lumps and mix well and lastly just sprinkle few drops water and cook around 5 mins your besan wali chimla mirch (capsicum zunka) is ready to serve with hot rotis ………