Stuffed Green Peppers

Stuffed Green Peppers

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
• 1 onion, chopped
• 3/4 cup uncooked instant rice
• 3/4 cup water
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can peeled and diced tomatoes with juice
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can stewed tomatoes, chopped
• salt and pepper to taste
• 6 large green bell peppers
• 1 (16 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce

Directions

1. In a large skillet or medium stock pot, brown the beef and onion over medium heat. Drain fat. Add rice, water, diced tomatoes, and stewed tomatoes. Season with salt and pepper. Simmer until rice is tender. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2. Cut the tops off the bell peppers and clean out the seeds and membrane. (Note: You may have to slightly slice the bottom of the peppers to make them stand up.) Fill peppers with meat mixture.
3. Place in a casserole dish and bake in a preheated oven for 20 minutes or until peppers are as tender as you like. Served topped with spaghetti sauce.

Gongura Rice - A simple and hardy recipe

Gongura Rice

Ingredients:

• Cooked Rice - 1 cup
• Gongura leaves - 1 cup
• Onions - 1 medium
• Curry leaves - 5
• Mustard Seeds + Urad dal - 1/2 tsp
• Bengal Gram - 1/2 tsp
• Cashew Nuts - 5 Whole
• Turmeric powder a pinch
• Chili powder - 1/2 tsp
• Red Chillies - 4
• Salt to taste
• Oil - 2 tsp
• Lemon Juice - half tbl
  
  How to Prepare

Method to prepare:
Wash Sorrel Leaves/ gongura well.
Allow to drain well.
Chop onions and have other things ready.
If you have cooked Rice, this is the best way to make use of it,  otherwise cook rice in the usual way. The rice should not be soggy but as separate grains. More like you do for Fried rice.
Heat a pan with oil.
Splutter mustard, urad dal and cashew nuts.
Add curry leaves and bengal gram. When they turn color a little,
Add the onions and Red Chilis and sauté till its well done.
Squeeze the gongura/sorrel leaves again for excess water and add to the pan. Fry till the leaves are well cooked. Then add the chili powder and salt. When everything is well mixed, add the cooked rice. Combine everything well together. And as a last step add the lemon juice and mix well. smc