Salan means Curry & Mirch means Chilli .It’s an authentic & traditional spicy dish of Hyderabad,India .It’s prepared with green chillies and relished along with Biryani recipes.Mirchi ka salan, or curried chilli peppers, is a popular dish made with a variety of long & spicy chillies, spices with flavours of coconut, tamarind, peanuts and sesame seeds.Serve with Biryani /rice /pulao.I am sharing my version of Mirch ka salan as my family like this curry along with biryani .Originally 15-20 Chilli are added in this Curry.
Ingredients
Green Chilli 4-5
Sesame seeds 2 tbsp
Peanuts 1/4 cup
Desiccated coconut 1/3 cup
Onion 1(sliced)
Cumin seeds 1 tsp
Dry red chillies 3
Garlic 5-6
Ginger 1″
Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp
Coriander powder 1 tbsp
Green Coriander leaves(chopped) 1 tbsp
Tamarind pulp 1tbsp
Oil 4 tbsp
Mustard seeds 1 tsp
Curry leaves 10-12
Salt to taste
Water 3 cups
Method
Make a cut in green chillies then heat oil in a deep pan and fry for 3-4 minutes. Drain on tissue paper. Dry roast cumin seeds, Peanuts, sesame seeds & desiccated coconut in a pan.Grind together red chillies, peanuts, cumin seeds, Desiccated coconut, sesame seeds, garlic and ginger with enough water into a paste. Take 1 tbsp of the leftover oil in another pan and heat. Add mustard seeds and once it crackled add curry leaves and onion. Mix well and sauté till the onion becomes translucent after that add a ground paste and mix well.then Add turmeric powder & coriander powder cook mixture stir continuously till it started leaving oil then and 3-4 cups of water. Stir and cook for a 2 to 3 minutes. Add the fried green chillies, salt and tamarind pulp. Mix well and cook on medium heat for 5-10 minutes. Serve hot garnished with coriander leaves.
Tips :-one can add more green chilli as per requirement.
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