North Indian
Capsicum Besan Sabzi
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Capsicum Besan Sabzi is North Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Deseed the bell peppers and cut them into thin strips, and thinly slice the onion.
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Dry roast the chickpea flour in a pan over low heat until it smells nutty and turns a shade darker, about 4 minutes, then set aside.
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Heat the oil in the same pan and let the cumin sizzle, then cook the onion until soft, about 4 minutes.
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Add the peppers, turmeric, coriander, and chili powder and stir-fry over medium-high until the peppers are crisp-tender, about 6 minutes.
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Sprinkle in the roasted chickpea flour and salt and toss until it coats the peppers in a dry, savory crumble, about 4 minutes.
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Finish with amchur and serve hot with roti.
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Serve it with
A North Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Capsicum Besan Sabzi, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Capsicum Besan Sabzi carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 230 kcal
- Protein
- 5 g
- Carbs
- 19 g
- Fat
- 15 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 430 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Capsicum Besan Sabzi takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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