Stuffed Capsicum

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Capsicum is a vegetable that comes in different colors and is grown almost throughout the world. But it is native to America and in fact has been cultivated byfarmers in tropical America for thousands of years. Its also known as bell pepper or chili.

Apart from being good in taste it has many medicinal values. It is very good for eyes and skin. It is used as spices, medicine and of-course vegetable :)

Generally Stuffed capsicum is prepared with whole capsicums but to be honest its really big for one serving so I decided to go little different.

Ingredients:

Capsicum: 1
Potato: 1 medium boiled
Onion: 1 small finely chopped
Green Chili: 2 finely chopped
Coriander leaves: 1 tbsp finely chopped
Salt : as per taste
Coriander Powder: 1 tsp
Cumin Powder: 1 tsp
Chat Masala: 1 tsp
Red Chili Powder : 1 tsp (add more if you like spicy)
Oil for cooking

Procedure:

Wash and cut the capsicum into 1/2 inch rings.
Mash the potato and add salt as per taste.
In a pan heat 1 tsp oil and add chopped onion and green chili.
Once the onion is almost done add the mashed potato, mix well and cook for a min or so and remove from heat.
Let the mix cool down a little so that you don't burn your hand and then add rest of the dry masala. Mix nicely and taste the potato for taste. At this point we can adjust taste if required.
Now stuff the potato mix into the capsicum rings tightly.
Brush both sides with oil.
On a flat pan add little oil and fry the stuffed capsicum rings, till capsicum is soft and potato is golden brown on both sides.

Serve it as a side dish, and the best part is if you have all the different colors of capsicum use all the different colors to have a great presentation.

Try this out and do let me know.

Till then Happy Blogging
Rakhee

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