Stuffed Capsicum
Ingredients for Stuffed Capsicum:
1. Baby spinach – 300 gm
2. Olive oil – 2 big spoons
3. Onions – 1, chopped fine
4. Garlic – 2 cloves, crushed
Turmeric powder – ¼ small spoon
Cinnamon powder – A pinch
Chilli powder – A pinch
5. Almonds – 4 big spoons, roasted
Raisins – 4 big spoons
Basmati rice – ¼ kg
6. Salt and pepper – As required
7. Green, red and yellow capsicum – 4 (together)
How to prepare Stuffed Capsicum?
1. Wash basmati rice and soak in water for half an hour. Allow to drain excess water.
2. Remove seeds from capsicum and cut into two halves.
3. Transfer spinach to a pan, pour some water and cook it.
4. When colour of leaves changes, drain excess water and allow it to cool.
5. Then chop into fine pieces and keep aside.
6. Pre-heat oven in 180 degree celsious.
7. Heat a pan and add a big spoon of olive oil.
8. Add onions and sauté for 5 minutes.
9. Add ingredients no: 4 to it and sauté for 5 for minutes.
10. Add ingredients no: 5 and mix well.
11. Add spinach also, salt and pepper and mix well.
12. Add soaked basmati rice to it, sauté for a few minutes and take off from flame.
13. Place a little basmati rice mixture to each capsicum piece as filling.
14. Then place them in a roasting pan.
15. Bake the capsicum in pre-heated oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
16. Serve hot.
Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine April 15-30, 2018
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