Mirchi ka salan facts for kids
Hyderabadi hari mirchi ka salan
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| Place of origin | India |
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| Region or state | Hyderabad |
| Main ingredients | Green chilli peppers, peanuts, cumin seeds, spices |
Mirchi ka salan is a delicious and spicy curry from Hyderabad, a city in Telangana, India. The name means "chilli pepper curry." It's a very popular dish that often comes with a famous rice dish called Hyderabadi biryani, and sometimes with a yogurt dip called dahi chutney.
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What is Mirchi ka Salan?
Mirchi ka salan is a special kind of curry where green chilli peppers are cooked in a rich, flavorful sauce. Even though it uses chilli peppers, it's not always super hot. The sauce often has a nutty taste because it's made with ground peanuts. This gives the curry a unique texture.
What's in it?
This curry is packed with many interesting ingredients that give it its special taste. Key ingredients include:
- Green chilli peppers
- Peanuts
- Sesame seeds
- Dry coconut
- Cumin seeds
- Ginger and garlic paste
- Turmeric powder
- Bay leaf
- Thick tamarind juice (which adds a tangy flavor)
All these ingredients are blended together to create a thick, grainy sauce that coats the chilli peppers.
Where Does it Come From?
Mirchi ka salan is a traditional dish from Hyderabad, India. It's often made for big celebrations like weddings and other special events. It's a classic part of Hyderabadi cooking.
How is it Eaten?
This spicy curry is usually served with different kinds of rice, like plain rice or spiced rice such as biryani. It can also be eaten with chapati, which is a type of flatbread. The chilli peppers are cooked until they are soft and soak up all the delicious flavors of the spices and peanut sauce.
Other Kinds of Salan
Sometimes, instead of green chilli peppers, other vegetables can be used to make a similar curry. For example:
- If you use tomatoes, it's called tamatey ka salan.
- If you use eggplant, it's called baigan ka salan.
These variations offer different flavors while keeping the same creamy, nutty sauce base.
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Two biryani accompaniments: mirchi ka salan and dahi chutney.
