STUFFED CAPSICUM (SIMLA MIRCH) VEGETABLE

STUFFED CAPSICUM (SIMALA MIRCH) VEGETABLE

Stuffed CAPSICUM or popularly known as SIMLA MIRCH vegetable dish is most suitable for festive occasions OR to welcome special guests at home.

Ideal to serve as main dish for lunch & dinner

.Ingredients

1) Capsicum ( Simla Mirch) of medium size - 4 No.

2) Gram Flour (Besan) - 4 to 5 Table Spoon

3) Oil - 2 to 3 table spoon or as per taste

4) Musterd Seeds - 1 table spoon

5) Garlic Cloves (optional) 4 to 5

6) Ground Nut Powder - 2 tsp

7) Corriander - finely chopped as per taste

8) Coconut grated - 1 tsp

9) Poppy Seeds (Khus Khus) 1 Tsp

10) Salt as per taste

11) Chilly powder 1 Tsp or as per taste

12) Sugar (Optional) 1 Tsp / asper taste

13) Lemon Juice -1/2 lemon

14) Water - 1/2 cup

15) Corriander Seeds powder - 1 Tsp

16) Cumin Seeds (Jeera) powder 1 Tsp

PROCEDURE

It is important to follow procedure given bellow,to achieve taste and flavour.

First take a frying pan and add 2 to 3 Tsp oil generously . Heat oil & add Gram Flour (Besan) to frying pan.Roast Gram Flour like Besan 'Ladoos' till it turns light brown and one can sense aroma of roasted BESAN like 'Laddos'.Then add Garlic Paste,chopped corriender,salt,sugar,cummin & corriender seeds powder,lemon juice,gratedcoconut,chilly powder,poppy seeds.Add 1/2 cup of water when ingrediants are hot. Stir mixture well and mix it till it binds itself in homogenous mixture like HALWA. Take it off the burner and let it cool for a while.

Now cut Capsicum from top in such a way that top portion acts as a lid and deseed it from top.It is time to stuff roasted mixture/masala prepared earlier, into Capsicum/Simla Mirch through an opening/lid created at top.Cover opening at top by lid after stuffing masala.

Then take a frying pan ,add some oil,smear it with mustard seeds, then add stuffed capsucum to pan.Add 2 Tsp of water and cover the pan.After some time turn capsicums in the pan and cover for sometime. Repeat this process till it is soft and ready to eat.

Take stuffed/cooked Capsicums out in a bowl, garnish it with grated coconut, chopped corriander.

STUFFED CAPSICUM/SIMLA MIRCH IS READY TO SERVE. QUANTITY ENOUGH FOR 3-4 PERSONS.

WHY SHOULD ONE TRY?

This recipe requires skill while cooking it, but deliberate intervention and little innovation makes it different ,delicious and likable. Please follow procedure carefully,perticularly timings for cooking,roasting and sequence of adding ingrediants.

SO HAPPY EATING !!!!!