Sunday, April 15, 2012

Aloo Capsicum Majjigehuli / Melaara

Hii, I have come up with a very traditional recipe of South Canara district of Karnataka - Majjigehuli. This dish is a MUST in any functions of South Canara.
This item can be prepared using any vegetable. I have used Aloo/Potato and Capsicum.
When you have so much of sour buttermilk/curd and you don't know what to do with it, TRY THIS.

Ingredients
Aloo / Potato - 3
Capsicum - 2
Coconut - 1/4 part
Sour curd/ Butter milk - 1/2 cup
Red c.hilly - 2 to 3
Oil - 1 spoon
Mustard - 1/2 spoon
Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 spoon
Jeera / Cumin seeds - 1/2 spoon
Water
Salt

Method
1. Chop Aloo and Capsicum into medium size pieces. Cook them together with Salt and keep aside.

2. If you have taken sour curd then add little water, stir it and get Butter milk consistency. Otherwise take sour Butter milk itself.

3. Grate the Coconut and grind it to very fine paste using sufficient water.

4. Add Coconut paste and sour curd/Butter milk to the cooked vegetable.  Add water such that the mixture is of medium consistency. The mixture should not be too thin or too thick. Add Salt if required.

5. Heat the above mixture in medium flame till you get bubbles around the edges and turn off the flame.

6. Heat oil in a pan. Add Fenugreek seeds, when color changes, add mustard. When mustard splutters, add jeera and Red Chilly pieces and fry for just a second. Take it out of the flame and put it on top of Majjigehuli and mix well.

Majjigehuli is now ready to be served with plain rice.

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