Sweet peppers with whole cashew nuts

Name: Sweet peppers with whole cashew nuts
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 45 ml/3 tbsp sunflower oil or olive oil; Plain Boiled Rice and Indian bread, to serve; 1 dried red chilli, torn into pieces; 10 black peppercorns; 10 ml/2 tsp split Bengal gram (channa dhal); 15 ml/1 tbsp each sesame and white poppy seeds; 200 g/7 oz potatoes, cut into 2.5 cm/1in cubes; 50 g/2 oz raw whole unsalted cashew nuts; 2.5 ml/½ tsp cumin seeds; 2.5 ml/½ tsp ground turmeric; 2.5 ml/½ tsp black mustard; 1 each sweet red, yellow and green (bell) pepper, about 150g/5 oz each; 15 ml/1 tbsp soft light brown sugar; 7.5 ml/1½ tbsp lemon juice; 5 ml/1 tsp salt, or to taste

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook

By Mridula Baljekar

Published 2017

About

In this recipe, Kairas, sweet peppers in red, emerald and golden colours are enrobed in a thick, rich sauce with the nutty taste of sesame and poppy seeds, the earthy taste of channa dhal and the fragrance of intense yellow turmeric. Whole cashew nuts add a crunchy bite as well as substance.