The classic stuffed bell pepper that I have known, is stuffed with rice and ground meat. I have made these two or three times in my life. Once with meat when I ate meat and a couple of times with rice and lentils.
I have a strong memory of stuffed peppers that we had in Cairo Egypt years ago. It was a welcomed find, after searching for vegetarian food in the city. We mostly found things like hummus which was bland and not as good as anything I've had in Canada. We finally found a popular restaurant called "Falfelas" which had a few vegetarian options. We chose stuffed peppers. They were stuffed with rice and something else. At the time this was satisfying because it was a hot dinner. Looking back I remember it being rather boring.
What came first the stuffed pepper idea or the bell peppers?
Well actually I wasn't planning to make stuffed peppers. To be honest I am not a mega huge fan of sweet peppers. I don't know why. It's not that I don't like them, it's just that they haven't blown me away.
I give things a chance when I see them in the markdown bin for ridiculously low prices. I can't stand that they would be tossed out if nobody bought them. In fact there were so many I had to leave some behind. I knew that I wouldn't be able to have time to use them before they went bad.
The only thing that came to mind were stuffed peppers. This time I took it in a more exotic direction adding some spice.
I won't list ingredients as usual. I will add the items describing what I put in. I haven't measured anything.
One of the items for the filling was rice. I used basmati. I added a pinch of turmeric when I cooked it. I also added a pinch of cumin and coriander that had been toasted.
I cooked red lentils and added a half rice half lentil mixture.
I chopped 1 onion, 4 cloves garlic, 4 red jalapeno peppers, and a piece of ginger minced.
Saute the onions, garlic, ginger and peppers.
I added toasted 1 teaspoon cumin, 1 teaspoon coriander toasted and fresh, 1 teaspoon mustard seeds, 1 teaspoon garam masala salt and pepper.
To add a little extra texture I ground a cup of soaked cashews to add to the filling mixture.
Mix the rice with lentils gently not to make it mushy.
Fold in onion garlic and pepper mixture along with ground cashews.
I decided to add a cup of green peas at the end.
I decided to cook them in tomato sauce but a spiced version of the classic. This was made with around 6 or 7 Roma tomatoes that I found in the markdown bin. They were blended. I first browned half a chopped onion, garlic and cilantro adding a pinch of toasted cumin and coriander and salt. I added a tablespoon of tamarind paste and a teaspoon of agave nectar to balance the tartness. It was not sweet from this.
While this was simmering approximately 20 minutes, I stuffed the peppers which I slightly pre-grilled in the toaster oven.
If my regular oven could bake, I would have baked them in the sauce in there. I used a pan on the stove first. They were simmered in the sauce for a while then in a smaller quantity, they were baked in my countertop oven.
Before going into the countertop oven I added some of the sauce on the top.
I didn't keep them in the oven very long and removed them from the sauce bath.
These were much more exciting for me then the classic stuff peppers that I have had. I am now a fan of sweet peppers. I think they are also referred to as Capsicum.
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Looks delish my dear @carolynstahl... Hope to try this one day...scrumptious looking with all those colors. Made me hungry now at midnight. Lol! Thanks for sharing darl.
You are too kind @mers. Thank you. I always get hungry at midnight haha.😊
I am an Indian but never ever had this amazing recipe. Now will try it for sure.
Thank you but I made it up so that's why you didn't have it haha. I am always experimenting with different spices since I have no real cultural food background. Thanks for stopping by.
Wish I could have it! :-)
Haha I just took out the last two from the freezer. I found out that they do indeed freeze well. 😊
Hi @carolynstahl. As always your posts are beautiful and well crafted, and this one is no exception. I love this recipe, it will be because you use two vegetables that I love: Bell peppers and tomatoes, they are for me the most delicious thing that exists. I like the crunch you added with the crushed walnuts, it's great. Thanks for posting in the community. Greetings.
Thank you so much for your kind comment. Greetings to you too!
Yummy! I could have two by myself! 🙀😂😂
Have a great day!
Life is getting really busy here!
Take care.
Thank you. I had two by myself. Hope you glide smoothly through the busy life. I have the same here.
Thank you very much.
Those bell pepper looks really tasty and delicious 🤤. I wish I could eat them.
Thank you my friend. Hope you are having a nice week.😊
These look delicious. Funny, I did stuffed peppers for the first time last night!
Haha great minds think alike. I think I'll stuff some more. They keep going in the markdown bin haha.
And I have a large number, courtesy of my market pal!
This is tasty. You done a nice presentation, it's makes a already nice food even better. I sometimes have my stuffed peppers steamed. I always like to put in shittake with my peppers. It really enchances the flavors !
Oh thanks for the idea. I am always looking for a different idea. I don't know if I would like steamed peppers but I'll try. I love shitake but they are difficult to find these days in Canada except for dry ones.
It looks delicious.🤗☺️😉👍🏼 I love paprika.
Thanks for sharing🌹🌼🌻🏵️💮🌸🌷🌺🥀💐
Thank you so much. I appreciate that. Have a great day!😊
There are all my favorite ingredients!! I will try this recipe for sure ;)
Thanks so much. I am sure yours will be amazing.
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Thank you very much.
Hi @carolynstahl I imagine the spices add great flavor, thanks for sharing.
Blessings!
I don't really like bell peppers but the stuff in it sure would taste good. Have a good day.
I know what you mean. Sometimes I don't like them too but these were good. I think you would like the stuffing for sure.😊
these look AMAZING!
Thanks @thekittygirl for sharing this at #PYPT on @dreemport today
Thank you very much!
This looks so amazing, the colours are calling me and the presentation.
Much appreciated!!!!😊
You are welcome
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Thank you so much!
You're very kind, thank you so much!