STUFFED CAPSICUM (BHARWAN SHIMLA MIRCH)
Bharwan shimla mirch is a Punjabi dish made with mashed potatoes. Generally for stuffed capsicum, green capsicum is used but if you wish to use red and yellow capsicum you can go ahead. There are varieties of stuffing used veg and non veg. In this recipe i have used mashed potatoes with other vegetables. You can also use onion in this recipe if you wish. This dish goes well with chapati or can also be served as a starter. Capsicum is rich source of antioxidants and Vitamin C.
Bharwan shimla mirch is a Punjabi dish made with mashed potatoes. Generally for stuffed capsicum, green capsicum is used but if you wish to use red and yellow capsicum you can go ahead. There are varieties of stuffing used veg and non veg. In this recipe i have used mashed potatoes with other vegetables. You can also use onion in this recipe if you wish. This dish goes well with chapati or can also be served as a starter. Capsicum is rich source of antioxidants and Vitamin C.
Preparation Time - 1 hour
Serves - 3
Ingredients -
Ingredients -
- Capsicum - 3 Medium size
- Potatoes - 4 medium size
- Sweet corn - 1/2 cup
- carrot - 1
- Cauliflower - 3/4 cup
- Butter - 2 Tb spoon
- Oil - 2 Tb spoon
Spices -
- Cumin seeds - 1 tea spoon
- Ginger garlic paste - 1 Tb spoon
- Garam masala - 1/2 tea spoon
- Pav bhaji masala - 1 Tb spoon
- Turmeric powder - 1 tea spoon
- Red chilly powder - 1 Tb spoon
- Kasuri methi - 2 Tb spoon
- Chat masala - 1/2 tea spoon
- Salt
Procedure -
1. Pick fresh green bell pepper wash under running water and slice off the top of the capsicum. With a knife. Gently cut the stem and remove the seeds and keep aside.
2. Boil potatoes and once cool, peel and mash them.
3. Cut carrots into small pieces and boil. Once the carrots are boiled strain and keep aside.
4. Boil the sweet corn kernels, strain and keep aside.
5. Cut cauliflower into small pieces. Clean cauliflower florets by adding them in salt and hot water. Cover it with a lid and let it rest for 10 minutes. Open the lid and remove the water by using strainer or a colander. Wash the cauliflower again in normal clean water. Now your cauliflower is ready to use for cooking. I did not boil cauliflower after this process as it was half boiled.
6. In a frying pan, add butter once the butter melts add cumin seeds and let it splutter. Add ginger garlic paste and stir for half minute. Now turn off the flame and add turmeric powder, chilly powder, pav bhaji masala and garam masala. Stiring continuously to make sure spices don't burn. (I did not add onion here but if you wish to, chop one medium size onion finely and after cumin splutters add onion and then add spices)
7. Switch on the flame to low and add carrots, sweet corn and cauliflower. Mix well and cover with lid for 2 minutes.
8. Open the lid stir and add mashed potatoes and salt. Mix well and cover with a lid for another 2 to 3 minutes.
10. Turn off the flame and let the stuffing cool down.
11. Once the stuffing cools down, stuff each capsicum till the edge.
12. Heat the pan with oil. Add stuffed capsicum and cover with a lid on low flame till the capsicum is half cooked or fully cooked, to suite your taste.
13. Once the stuffed capsicum is ready, sprinkle chat masala and serve.
3. Cut carrots into small pieces and boil. Once the carrots are boiled strain and keep aside.
4. Boil the sweet corn kernels, strain and keep aside.
5. Cut cauliflower into small pieces. Clean cauliflower florets by adding them in salt and hot water. Cover it with a lid and let it rest for 10 minutes. Open the lid and remove the water by using strainer or a colander. Wash the cauliflower again in normal clean water. Now your cauliflower is ready to use for cooking. I did not boil cauliflower after this process as it was half boiled.
6. In a frying pan, add butter once the butter melts add cumin seeds and let it splutter. Add ginger garlic paste and stir for half minute. Now turn off the flame and add turmeric powder, chilly powder, pav bhaji masala and garam masala. Stiring continuously to make sure spices don't burn. (I did not add onion here but if you wish to, chop one medium size onion finely and after cumin splutters add onion and then add spices)
7. Switch on the flame to low and add carrots, sweet corn and cauliflower. Mix well and cover with lid for 2 minutes.
8. Open the lid stir and add mashed potatoes and salt. Mix well and cover with a lid for another 2 to 3 minutes.
9. Now add kasuri methi, stir and cover with lid for another minute.
11. Once the stuffing cools down, stuff each capsicum till the edge.
12. Heat the pan with oil. Add stuffed capsicum and cover with a lid on low flame till the capsicum is half cooked or fully cooked, to suite your taste.
13. Once the stuffed capsicum is ready, sprinkle chat masala and serve.
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