Phepho Mirch For AlifBe ~34
Ingredients
  • Capsicum 250 gm
  • Onions 3
  • Chillies 2
  • Garlic 4-5 cloves
  • Ginger 1 inch piece
  • Coriander leaves chopped, 1 small bunch
  • Turmeric powder ½ tbsp
  • Coriander powder 2 tbsp
  • Amchoor powder ½ tbsp (optional)
  • Asafoetida two pinches
  • Garam masala powder ½ tbsp (optional)
  • Salt as per taste
  • Oil 3 tbsp (1+2)
Method
  1. Pleased note: You can stuff bellpeppers with raw stuffing. But here I am sharing the recipe where the stuffing is precooked since bell peppers (capsicum) take less time to cook as compared to the stuffing.
  2. Using a mortar and pestle, pound ginger, garlic, chillies and coriander leaves, till coarse.
  3. Peel and grate the onions.
  4. Remove seeds from each capsicum to make it hollow so that it could be stuffed well. Make sure that the mouth of the Capsicum is not too wide or the stuffing may fall out while cooking.
  5. In a pan, heat 1 tbsp oil and add asafoetida.
  6. Add grated onions and saute well till lill pinkish.
  7. Add the pounded mix.
  8. Add salt, turmeric powder, coriander powder and amchoor, if using.
  9. Mix well and cook on medium flame till the rawness of onions and garlic is gone (10-12 minutes)
  10. Stuff this mixture in hollowed bell peppers and press the stuffing well using back of the spoon.
  11. In a pan, heat 2 tbsp oil and place the stuffed peppers
  12. TIP: If the peppers are uneven from the closed end, just slice off the edges, so that the peppers would stand vertical in the pan.
  13. Cook on high heat for a minute and then lower the flame.Cover the pan.
  14. Cook for 12-15 minutes, flipping sides once or twice so that peppers cook well from all the sides.
  15. If you like crunchier peppers, cook for lesser time.
  16. Towards the end cook the peppers without the lid else these may ooze out moisture later. Also you can closely monitor the charring of the capsicum.
  17. Serve hot with rotis/phulkas. I like these as a side dish with dal and rice.
Recipe by Sindhi Rasoi |Sindhi Recipes at https://test.sindhirasoi.com/2021/08/phepho-mirch-for-alifbe-34/