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Best substitute for peppers

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soleilblue · 26/02/2023 15:24

What are you all using instead of peppers. I want to make a curry and usually put peppers in. Would green beans work?

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Gwen82 · 26/02/2023 15:26

Sure I would

SoCrossAboutThis · 26/02/2023 15:29

Mushrooms?
Butternut squash?

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soleilblue · 26/02/2023 15:31

Would butternut squash cook as quick?

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daisypond · 26/02/2023 15:32

What is it you want to replicate? Taste/flavour? Colour? Texture?
Green beans are fine to add to a curry. They have colour and a bit of gentle crunch.

ToBeOrNotToBee · 26/02/2023 15:32

Courgette

Mabelface · 26/02/2023 15:33

Squash, beans and lentils. Roast the squash for 20 minutes first

Spacie · 26/02/2023 15:33

Extra onions and a tin of ratatouille

SiobhanSharpe · 26/02/2023 15:36

Just about any veg would do (possibly not kale... ) -- courgettes, mushrooms, beans, tinned chick peas or kidney beans, lentils. It wont be the same obviously but they are all valid ingredients to add to a curry.

FeinCuroxiVooz · 26/02/2023 15:43

get your peppers from small independent greengrocers.

there isn't actually a shortage, it's just that the supermarkets are refusing to pay the full costs of growing and importing them. independent greengrocers - so long as they are located where there is sufficient local demand at the naturally slightly higher price.

Gwen82 · 26/02/2023 15:45

The op didn’t say anything about the fact she has no pepper is because of shortages 😐

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soleilblue · 26/02/2023 15:45

daisypond · 26/02/2023 15:32

What is it you want to replicate? Taste/flavour? Colour? Texture?
Green beans are fine to add to a curry. They have colour and a bit of gentle crunch.

Crunch :) beans it is thank you

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Gwen82 · 26/02/2023 15:45

soleilblue · 26/02/2023 15:31

Would butternut squash cook as quick?

When it comes to curry’s… I throw in ALL the veg.

TheMatriarchy · 26/02/2023 15:45

In a curry anything goes, maybe another nightshade like courgette. But I get mine frozen so always have a massive bag for things like curry and paella.

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soleilblue · 26/02/2023 15:46

Gwen82 · 26/02/2023 15:45

The op didn’t say anything about the fact she has no pepper is because of shortages 😐

Ah. It is. Sorry should have said. None in the shops near me.

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reluctantbrit · 26/02/2023 16:13

We do beans. I really hate mushy food so lots of things like mushrooms, courgettes, squash are out.

I know, technically not a vegetable, but potatoes go well.

DH likes these mini-baby corn ones. If you do a Thai curry, you can add water chesnuts (in tins).

Okunevo · 26/02/2023 16:18

I know, technically not a vegetable, but potatoes go well.
How is potato not a vegetable? It's not a fruit or a mushroom.

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soleilblue · 26/02/2023 16:36

Okunevo · 26/02/2023 16:18

I know, technically not a vegetable, but potatoes go well.
How is potato not a vegetable? It's not a fruit or a mushroom.

Is a mushroom not a vegetable?

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Catmuffin · 26/02/2023 16:38

soleilblue · 26/02/2023 15:24

What are you all using instead of peppers. I want to make a curry and usually put peppers in. Would green beans work?

I think brocolli, Green beans and carrot are nice in a curry.

Okunevo · 26/02/2023 16:38

soleilblue · 26/02/2023 16:36

Is a mushroom not a vegetable?

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It's not a plant at all

AlisonDonut · 26/02/2023 16:39

TheMatriarchy · 26/02/2023 15:45

In a curry anything goes, maybe another nightshade like courgette. But I get mine frozen so always have a massive bag for things like curry and paella.

Courgettes are not a nightshade.

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soleilblue · 26/02/2023 16:39

Catmuffin · 26/02/2023 16:38

I think brocolli, Green beans and carrot are nice in a curry.

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Broccoli- good shout

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soleilblue · 26/02/2023 16:39

Okunevo · 26/02/2023 16:38

It's not a plant at all

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Whaaa

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AdoraBell · 26/02/2023 16:40

I can’t eat peppers so I always substitute with another veg. Anything you have or can buy and add some chilli, either fresh if available or dried.

Cauliflower works well with curry.

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soleilblue · 26/02/2023 16:41

They must be a vegetable. Vegetarians eat them.

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Okunevo · 26/02/2023 16:42

soleilblue · 26/02/2023 16:39

Whaaa

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It's fungi, different kingdom

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