Aloo Shimla Mirch Ki Sabzi – Potato and Capsicum Curry Recipe

Aloo Shimla mirch sabzi is a simple North Indian sabzi. This recipe of making Aloo Shimla mirch is Punjabi style in which it is cooked with onion and tomato masala. This one is just perfect for the days when you are looking to cook a comfort meal in a hurry. That’s why I thought to share it in my Curry in a Hurry Series .

Some dishes are super simple but still taste absolutely fantastic. Aloo Shimla mirch Sabzi is among one of these. There is few variation of this spicy dry curry, Some cook aloo shimla mirch without Onion and garlic with just a few spices which is dry Aloo Shimla mirch. But in this recipe, I cooked it with sliced onion and tomato masala. The order of adding tomato onion masala is slightly changed which gives it a delicious taste makes it moist and keeps the flavor and texture of the curry interesting.

This is super easy to cook and hardly takes more than 20 minutes to cook. I cook it quite frequently at home. So when I decided to do this short series of quick cooking Indian curry recipes in 20 minutes this was sure going to be a part of it 🙂

You can check other recipes from this series, Rajasthani Sev Tamatar ki sabzi, Makhmali Paneer ki Sabzi, Dahi Wale Tinde ki Sabzi, Papad ki sabzi. Also, there are many 20 Minutes Meal recipes are already there and more are coming up. So, make sure you are subscribed to me on various social medias like Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter .

For making Aloo Shimla mirch curry, you can use green, red or yellow capsicum as per your choice. The taste of yellow and red capsicum is little less peppery than the green bell pepper but tastes good nevertheless because a lot of smokiness from dried red chilli and heat from green chilli which I used in tadka while making Aloo Shimla mirch ki sabzi.

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Aloo Shimla Mirch Ki Sabzi - Potato and Capsicum Curry Recipe

Course

side dish

Cuisine

indian, indian cuisine, punjabi

Servings

4

Ingredients

• 300 g potato cut each into 8 pieces
• 250 g Shimla mirch bell peppers any color
• 100 g onion sliced
• 150 g Tomatoes (2 medium sized finely chopped)
• 1 tsp ginger grated
• 2-3 green chili
• 2-3 whole red chili dried
• 2 Tbsp Oil
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp red chili powder
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 1 tsp chaat masala powder
• 1/2 tsp cumin powder
• leaves coriander for garnish

Course side dish Cuisine indian, indian cuisine, punjabi Servings 4 Ingredients 300 g potato cut each into 8 pieces 250 g Shimla mirch bell peppers any color 100 g onion sliced 150 g Tomatoes (2 medium sized finely chopped) 1 tsp ginger grated 2-3 green chili 2-3 whole red chili dried 2 Tbsp Oil 1 tsp cumin seeds 1 tsp turmeric powder 1 tsp red chili powder 1 tsp coriander powder 1 tsp chaat masala powder 1/2 tsp cumin powder leaves coriander for garnish

Instructions

1. Heat Oil in the pan and add cumin seeds.
2. Allow the cumin seed to crackle and add grated ginger.
3. Add whole red chili and green chili and stir.
4. Add sliced onion and saute them for few minutes and add cut pieces of potatoes in the pan.
5. Cover the pan and cook potatoes for 5-6 minutes before adding capsicum / Shimla mirch as the potatoes take little longer to cook.
6. Add Shimla mirch or capsicum and cook for 2-3 minutes more.
7. Now after 5 minutes add salt, red chili powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, cumin powder and chaat masala powder.
8. Add chopped tomatoes and mix everything well.
9. Cover and cook for 5-6 minutes more on medium heat and stir it once or twice in between.
10. Aloo Shimla mirch is ready to serve with Hot phulka or paratha.