Capsicum Cherry Tomato Curry
4 Sep
Capsicum and cherry tomatoes are tailor-made for worknight meals, with simple chopping needs and small cooking times. Combine with some pre-cooked tomato masala and you have a capsicum cherry tomato curry that looks so regal, it’s hard to believe how easy it was to create.
You Need:
- Green capsicum – 2
- Cherry tomatoes – 1 cup
- Shallots – 6*
- Make-ahead tomato masala – 3 tablespoons**
- Tomato ketchup – 2 teaspoons: I used Maggi tomato ketchup
- Salt – to taste
- Nigella seeds – 1/2 teaspoon
- Butter – 1 teaspoon
*If you don’t have shallots on hand, substitute with 1 large red onion.
**For this recipe, I used butter as the cooking medium for tomato masala instead of ghee.
How To Make Capsicum Cherry Tomato Curry:
Peel and cut off the ends of shallots. Retain whole. (If using red onion instead, peel and cube into large pieces.)
Core the green capsicum. Chop into large pieces.
Prick a clean hole through each cherry tomato.
Heat butter in a non-stick pan. Add nigella seeds, fry for a few seconds, stirring to avoid burning the butter. Add shallots/onion cubes and cook till translucent.
Add tomato masala, a cup of water and bring to a boil. Stir in the ketchup. Set heat to medium, add cherry tomatoes and simmer for 2 minutes. The hole that we pricked would help the tomatoes soak in the spices. Add capsicum pieces next and continue to cook, stirring occasionally. Pour in water if the curry gets too dry for your liking.
Cook till the capsicum has softened and the cherry tomatoes have plumped up with the curry or burst and released their juices. I simmer for about 10 minutes after adding the capsicum.
Once done, remove from heat and garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Serve capsicum cherry tomato curry hot with chapatis.
Notes:
- Try other capsicum recipes: sesame bell pepper, paneer peas capsicum curry, capsicum tomato saute.
- Check out other cherry tomato recipes too: zucchini cherry tomato in mustard, cherry tomato coriander chutney, baby zucchini with cherry tomatoes and feta cheese.
I love curry and this looks delicious! I’m definitely going to have to try making this now!
Tell me how it turned out for you :-)
Wow, this looks great and I can get almost all the ingredients in the supermarket around the corner. I’m very intrigued to try this. Will have to figure out how to add the masala though – either store bought or your version :-)
Skip the store bought for once and see how it goes ðŸ‘
i kept researching for recipes using cherry tomato and I tried this recipe with doubtful mind because will it work out or not, but to my surprise while cooking itself, aroma filled my house and we enjoyed every bit. thank you
keep posting
@cynthy: Great to hear your feedback!