Stuffed Capsicum Recipe

Capsicum is a popular vegetable. It is quite big, so you can easily stuff it with different ingredients to increase its taste, texture and aroma. Though a number of things can be used for stuffing, this recipe uses potatoes for stuffing. Here is a recipe for stuffed capsicum with potatoes.

Ingredients

• Capsicum: 5 or 6
• Potato: 300 grams
• Oil: 4 tablespoons
• Asafetida: 1 or 2 pinches
• Cumin Seeds: ½ teaspoon
• Turmeric Powder: ½ teaspoon
• Coriander Powder: 1 teaspoon
• Red Chili Powder: a quarter teaspoon
• Garam Masala: a quarter teaspoon
• Amchur Powder: a quarter teaspoon
• Salt: To taste

Method

1. Wash capsicums. Make a cut and remove seeds from the inside.
2. Boil potatoes, peel and mash them.
3. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a frying pan. Put asafetida and cumin seeds. Then add turmeric powder, coriander powder, chili powder, garam masala and amchur powder. Fry all these for half a minute.
4. Add mashed potatoes and salt in the spices and stir them to fry for 2 or 3 minutes.
5. When the stuffing is cold enough to be touched by hand, use it to fill the capsicums. Cap the capsicums with the parts you cut from them.
6. Now heat the remaining oil in the frying pan. Put the stuffed capsicums in the frying pan and cover it with a lid. After cooking for 2 or 3 minutes, open the lid and flip over the capsicums.
7. Open the lid every 2 or 3 minutes to check if capsicums are cooked from all sides. If not flip them over to bring the uncooked part directly in contact with the pan.
8. Stuffed capsicum is ready now. Serve it with paranthe, chapatti or naan.

If you want to make stuffed capsicum in microwave, then here is a recipe to do so.