VANGIBATH is a very popular Karnataka dish made with rice and yes vangi/ brinjal. However this dish can be made with a variety of vegetables like cabbage, capsicum. Here I’m
Sharing the recipe of the masala powder used and also the rice preparation with capsicum
Capsicum rice using vangibaath powder
Ingredients :
Ingredients for the masala powder
- 1 cup urad dal
- 1 cup channa dal
- 3/4 cup coriander seeds
- 5/6 dry red chilly
- 2 inch cinnamon
- 2 tsp oil
How to make powder
Take 2 tsp oil in a pan. Add the dals, chilly , cinnamon and roast well till the urad dal turn light brown. Cool completely and grind to a fine powder. The vangibaath powder is ready.
Ingredients For Capsicum Rice
- 2 cups boiled and cooled rice
- 1 cup chopped capsicum
- 8/10 sprigs of curry leaves
- 2 slit green chillies
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tbsp oil
- 2 tbsp ghee
- 2 tbsp cashew chopped
- 4 tbsp vangibaath powder
- Juice from one lemon sized tamarind ( about half cup)
How to make:
How to make capsicum rice
- Put oil in Kadai. Add mustard seeds. Once they splutter add the chopped capsicum, curry leaves, green chilly and salt. Once the capsicum is cooked 3/4th add the tamarind water and cook till the rawness goes which would be about 5 minutes. Then add 4 heap tbsp of vangibaath powder and cook for 5 minutes. Add the cooled rice and salt and give it a good mix to bring the rice and spices together. Check for salt.
- Roast few cashews in two tbsp ghee and garnish on the rice .
- Serve this delicious capsicum Baath with raita of your choice.