Recipe: Yummy Stuffed Chilli Pepper in Tomato Gravy

Stuffed Chilli Pepper in Tomato Gravy.

You can cook Stuffed Chilli Pepper in Tomato Gravy using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Stuffed Chilli Pepper in Tomato Gravy

1. Prepare 5-6 of chilli peppers.
2. It's 1 bowl of leftover cooked dal (lentil curry), simmered till dry.
3. It's 2-3 tbsp of oil.
4. Prepare 1 tsp of cumin seeds.
5. It's pinch of asafoetida.
6. You need 1 of onion, chopped.
7. Prepare 1 sprig of curry leaves.
8. Prepare 1 tsp of ginger-garlic paste.
9. Prepare 2 of tomatoes, pureed.
10. It's to taste of salt.
11. You need 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.
12. It's 1 tsp of red chilli powder.
13. It's 1/2 tsp of roasted cumin powder.
14. It's 1 tsp of roasted coriander powder.
15. It's of coriander leaves to garnish.

Stuffed Chilli Pepper in Tomato Gravy step by step

1. Cut the top off the chilli peppers and stuff with the reduced leftover dal. Heat oil in a pan and saute the stuffed peppers till light brown. Drain and keep aside..
2. Temper the same oil with cumin seeds & asafoetida. Saute for a few seconds. Add the onion & curry leaves. Stir fry till the onions turn light brown in colour. Now add the ginger-garlic paste and turmeric powder. Continue to saute till it is well fried..
3. Pour in the tomato puree and the rest of the dry spices. Mix everything well and saute till the oil separates..
4. Add 1 cup water and bring it to a boil. Drop in the fried and stuffed chilli peppers. Cover with a lid and simmer on a medium flame for 3-4 minutes till done..
5. Garnish with coriander leaves & serve as a side dish with pulao, plain steamed rice, jeera rice, naan, tandoori roti or just plain chapatti..