Green chilli (Banana pepper) and sweet potato curry

Green chilli (Banana pepper)and sweet potato curry

Today I am going to make a green chili( Banana pepper) curry.This is not the same as the spicy green chili that we add to make the curry spicy. This is a vegetable which only mildly hot and is very much like bell pepper (capsicum.).

Green curry chili 

You can use bell pepper instead of this chili. Bell pepper is slightly sweeter than this chili.

                                                          Recipe summary
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            Green chilli (Banana pepper) and sweet potato curry

Preparation time:25 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves: 4

1. In a small frying pan dry roast 1 tsp coriander seeds for 2 minutes in medium heat. Add ½ teaspoon cumin seeds, 3 pepper corns and shredded coconut  and dry roast for another 2 minutes. In a blender grind the roasted ingredients with two table spoon water. Keep the ground ingredients aside.

Green curry chili 

( Banana pepper)

2. In a medium sized saucepan add 75 grams  sweet potato pieces and add water to cover and boil the sweet potatoes for 15 minutes or until they become soft. Set aside with water.

3. In a medium sized frying pan, saucepan or wok add 2 table spoon of vegetable oil and heat the oil.
When the oil is hot reduce the heat to medium.

Frying spice paste ingredients

4. Add the sliced 200 grams green chili pieces. Fry lightly for about 5 minutes. The chili should not change colour. It should retain its fresh green colour. Remove and set aside,   

Ingredients

5. In the same pan add 1 onion coarsely chopped, and 100 gram leek sliced into ½ inch pieces fry for 2 minutes.

6. Add 1 dry chili broken into small pieces, 10 curry leaves chopped, 3 cloves garlic chopped, ½ spicy green chili,  and fry for 2 minutes.

7. Add  2 tomato sliced into wedges and fry 2 minutes. Now add sweet potato along with its boiled water and fried green. Add two cups of water.
Boil the ingredients for about 10 minutes.

8. Add the fried chili and cook further.

               

    Green curry chili (Banana Pepper) 
and sweet potato curry 

9. When the ingredients are cooked add the ground spice paste and cook for another 5 minutes.


Add salt and taste for seasoning and adjust.
The curry is ready and take the pan off the heat. You can serve with rice.

Green curry chili (Banana pepper) and sweet potato curry is ready.
                                  

                        Recipe follows in detail with pictures.

Preparation time:25 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients
Main
200 gram green chili sliced into ¾ inch pieces
1 sweet potato 75 grams sliced into ¾ inch cubes
2 tomatoes sliced into wedges
100 gram leek sliced into ½ inch pieces
Others
1 onion coarsely chopped
10 Curry leaves
½ spicy green chili
3 cloves garlic
30 grams shredded coconut
2 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 cups of water
Spices
1 dry chili broken into small pieces
1 teaspoon coriander seeds
3 pepper corns
½ teaspoon cumin seeds

Ingredients for  Green chilli (Banana pepper) and sweet potato curry

Preparation

In a small frying pan dry roast coriander seeds for 2 minutes in medium heat.
Add cumin seeds, pepper corns and shredded coconut  and dry roast for another 2 minutes.
In a blender grind the roasted ingredients with two table spoon water.
Keep the ground ingredients aside.

Frying spice paste ingredients

Method
In a medium sized saucepan add the sweet potato pieces and add water to cover them.

Boiling the sweet potato pieces

Boil the sweet potatoes for 15 minutes or until they become soft.
Set aside the sweet potato and the boiled water.
In a medium sized frying pan, saucepan or wok add 1 table spoon of vegetable oil and heat the oil.
When the oil is hot reduce the heat to medium and add the sliced green chili pieces. Fry lightly for about 5 minutes. The chili should not change colour. It should retain its fresh green colour. remove and set aside.

Frying the green chili

In the same pan  fry onion and leeks for 2 minutes.

Frying onion and leek pieces 

add red chili, curry leaves, onion, garlic, ½ spicy green chili and fry for 2 minutes and add  tomato and fry 2 minutes.

Tomato added

 Now add sweet potato along with its boiled water and fried green. Add two cups of water.
Boil the ingredients for about 10 minutes.

Sweet potato added

Now you can add the fried green chilies.

Adding fried chili

When the ingredients are cooked add the ground spice paste and cook for another 5 minutes.

Adding coconut and spice paste

Add salt and taste for seasoning and adjust.
The curry is ready and take the pan off the heat. You can serve with rice.