Ingredients

• 4 capsicums (Medium to large)
• 2 large Onions or 4 medium-sized Onions.
• Four table spoons Oil.
• Ginger - a small piece.
• Tamarind pulp or paste.
• Salt to taste.
• 1/2 spoon Turmeric.
• For Roasting and grinding (Masala Powder)-
• 5 Red Chillies.
• Sesame seeds - 1 and a 1/2 tbsps
• Poppy seeds - 1 tbsp
• Fried groundnuts (peanuts) - 1 cup
• Dry grated coconut - 1 cup.
• Cloves - 3 to 4
• Cinnamon - a small strip.
• Roast the above for a few minutes in a pan (Without Oil) and grind into a powder and keep aside.

How to Make Masala Capsicum Curry

• Cut the onions (long pieces) and ginger (finely). Heat 2 tbsps of oil in a pan.
• Fry the onions and ginger till half cooked.
• Remove the fried onions and ginger from fire and blend them into a paste and keep aside.
• Cook capsicum separately (either in a microwave or fry in oil).
• Fry the onion and ginger paste now in two tbsps of oil.
• When the onion paste is being cooked, add the ground masala powder.
• Add salt, 1/2 spoon turmeric powder and 1/4 spoon red chilli powder. Let it simmer for a while.
• Add 1 tbsp tamarind juice (if using paste, dilute it till it is equal to 1 tbsp). Exercise care here.
• Add the cooked capsicum.
• Remove from fire after about 10 minutes on medium heat. Serve with hot rice.