What makes a good food? Is it combination of spices or combo of vegetables or company of loved ones or all the above. Most of the times all the above factors make the food taste good. When you eat in the company of loved ones, a simple meal may taste flavoursome. My weekends are quite simple and lazy, all because of rains. Moody dull boring cloudy climate keeps you away from most of the things. I just want to wrap warm around my lil one throwing myself into a couch and wish someone could make a hot cuppa for me (hope Mr.K is readsJ) When you are in no mood to cook, then blame on the weather and rustle up something like this to quick fix that hunger pangs and carvings for hot food.
A simple sabzi with combination of simple vegetables, which calls for handy ingredients like this is a savour for those dull gloomy days. Potatoes, capsicum and methi leaves make an flavoursome side dish with piping hot roti/pulkha’s. This is yet another quick fix for your lunch or dinner menu. Try it! 
INGREDIENTS:
- 2 big sized Potatoes/Aloo, cubed
- 1 Capsicum/Shimla Mirchi, cubed
- ½ cup fresh Fenugreek leaves/Methi*
- 1 Onion, sliced
- 1 Green chilli, slit length-wise
- 1 tbsp. Red chilli powder
- ¼ tbsp. Turmeric powder
- Salt
- Oil
- 1 tbsp. minced Coriander leaves
PREPARATION:
- Add oil to heavy bottom cooking vessel and when oil gets heated up add sliced onions. Fry till translucent.
- Now add methi leaves and fry till raw smell disappears.
- Then add cubed potatoes, capsicum, green chilli, red chilli powder, turmeric and salt.
- Mix well. Add little water and cook covered until potatoes are completely cooked.
- Garnish with minced coriander leaves and serve with roti or paratha or phulka.
- Last but not least add your ‘love’ to make the dish ‘YUMMY’.
*NOTE: Separate the leaves from the stalk and wash thoroughly.
PRESSURE COOKER METHOD: In a pressure cooker, add oil and fry onions to translucent and then add potatoes, capsicum, methi leaves, green chilli, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and salt. Mix well and add little water and pressure cook for 2 whistles (or until vegetables are cooked). Garnish with minced coriander and serve.
IDLI KARAM PODI RECIPE/ LENTIL SPICE MIX: Lentil-Spice powders are something which are easy to make and can be stored for a week or two. These come as rescue when you are running low in a day or running fast in a day. This lentil spice blend tastes delectable with Idli, Dosa and Upma. Just drizzle of this spoon full of this mixture with ghee on idli/dosa/upma enhances the taster. Simple at its best.
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 cup Bengal gram/Chana Dal
- ½ cup Urad dal
- 3 tbsp. Coriander seeds
- 10 dry Red chillies
- 6 Garlic cloves
- pinch Asafoetida
- Salt
- Oil
PREPARATION:
- Dry roast chana dal and urad dal separately, on a low flame tossing regularly until they turn nicely red (Don’t burn them). Set aside.
- In the same pan dry roast coriander seeds for 1-2 minutes on low flame. Set aside,
- Now add little oil to a heavy bottom cooking vessel and fry dry red chillies.
- Once cooled, grind the ingredients to coarse powder by adding salt, garlic and asafoetida. Store in an air-tight jar.
- Last but not least add your ‘love’ to make the dish ‘YUMMY’.
Priti says
I like this sabji ….looks fab n lovely pics
Ramya says
Thatz a yummy n simple recipe for lazy weekends:-)
Sharmilee! :) says
Sabji sounds intersting and tempting…colorful n yummy clicks
Kitchen Flavours says
Thank you Priti and Ramya.
Raji says
I like aloo shimla mirch sabzi but combining this with methi is a real twist.And the idli podi is too good. Can turn a simple dosa /idli into something real tasty.
Varunavi says
I like this combination,yummy clicks
Prathibha says
Love the aroma methi gives to any sabzi….looks yummy n perfect 4 rotis…I love kaarapodi with sesame oil..looks yumm
Priya Sreeram says
like u said but delicious- perfect with rotis or rice ! liked the idli podi too !
Hari Chandana says
Wowww… looks so tempting and perfect.. amazing pictures 🙂Indian Cuisine
Valarmathi Sanjeev says
Yummy sabji, liked the addition of methi leaves, looks delicious. Podi looks great…Love to have with idlis.
Curry Leaf says
Aromatic sabzi.Love the pics and comforting curry it is.
sowmya's creative saga says
love the potato simla mirch combo..looks yumm and spicy..
Biny Anoop says
shimla mirch aaloo is a hit combo….i do make it…nice to get a kaaram podi recipe…i normally buy it…its so easy to make at home
Aruna Manikandan says
sabzi looks delicious and very tempting dear…nice clicks 🙂
Priya says
Wat a flavourful and delicious sabzi, would love to have with some rice..Idli podi looks superb..will have two more idlis with this podi..
Hamaree Rasoi says
potato with capsicum is a wonderful combination but adding methi leaves here definitely sounds yummy. Perfect to have with chapati. Beautiful clicks. liked the idli podi too. Deepa Hamaree Rasoi
Kitchen Flavours says
Thank you Sharmilee, Raji, Varunavi, Prathibha, Priya, Hari, Valarmathi, Curry Leaf, Sowmya, Biny, Aruna, Priya and Anisha.
DEESHA says
this spells out comfort food for me .. yumm
anishathefoodie says
HI Lubna
It really does look beautiful and flavoursome too. I made the same thing with Italian seasoning instead of methi leaves. Anyways looks great
Cheers
Anisha
Sarah Naveen says
loved the recipe and the clicks ..looks so yummy!!
Authenticoriyafood says
Ummmmm..wat an inviting capsicum recipe!!! must be raelly aromatic with all that is going into it!!
jeyashrisuresh says
nice combo of veggies and the idli powder version sounds yummy with the additionof garlic in that
Suman Singh says
Delicious sabzi..perfect with rotis..YUM!
divya says
Slurp !! Awesome recipe.
An Open Book says
oooh the potato sabzi looks awesome..i shall def give it a shot…i havent forgotten about the photography post…will send it across shortly..
Sensible Vegetarian says
Lovely sabji, beautiful clicks.
Now Serving says
lip-smacking yummy dish! BTW, I am the 500th like on your FB 🙂 congrats dear :))
homecooked says
Love this sabzi. It looks so yummy!
Suma Rajesh says
loved both the items..did u add the garlic raw at the time of grinding the powder?
Jayasri Ravi says
Love this subji, whenever I go to Asian shop I buy methi leaves and make this curry, what a flavourful combination, Beautiful clicks as always Lubna
Loestrin says
hi,this dish looks yummiii….I had tried this dish my self, but not made properlyplease help me how can I made it perfactlythanks______________
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Rumana Rawat says
This is just awesome recipe.. looks so so delicious:)
Cefzil says
I was searching for blogs related to indian sabzis.Pics are nice. Great work .My kids will love it.Thanks________Roger