Upma Stuffed in Green Bell Pepper
Yes, it’s just upma stuffed in green bell pepper (capsicum). As simple as it sounds. I saw this recipe in a tamil magazine.
Ingredients:
Any upma (semolina, vermicelli, cracked wheat)
Green Bell Pepper (depending upon the quantity of upma)
Procedure:
1. Wash the bell pepper and cut off the tops carefully, because you need it to close the pepper and cook.
2. Now remove the seeds inside the pepper and those sticking to the stalk.
3. Fill the upma inside the pepper and close it back with the top.
4. Add some water in a frying pan and let it get hot.
5. Now keep an idli plate inside and arrange the peppers on the plate, close the frying pan with a lid and let it cook for 8-10 minutes.
6. Turn off the stove and let it cool completely before you cut it lengthwise and drizzle some chutney all over and serve.
My Notes:
1. In the original recipe, the method mentioned for cooking the bell pepper was to add 2 tablespoons of oil in a pan, arrange the bell peppers in it and sprinkle some salt water on top of the peppers and to cook for 8-10 minutes. But this did not work, the pan started to brown in the inside and the pepper was no where close to get cooked. Then only I got this idea of steaming the pepper and it worked. But don’t steam it too much, the pepper will become very flimsy and cutting will become a problem.
2. Also add salt and chilies a little more than you always use for the regular upma, because the pepper does not have any flavoring.
This is my entry to:
Pooja’s VOW-JFI Bell Peppers, JFI originally started by Indira
Spicy Tasty’s Fortune Cooking Contest.
Mansi’s Monthly Mingle - Appetizers & Hors’Doeuvres. Monthly Mingle originally started by Meeta.
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Tags: green bell pepper, kichidi, pepper, rava upma, semiya, semolina, stuffed bell pepper, stuffed capsicum, upma, upma stuffed bell pepper, vermicelli upma
May 30th, 2008 at 6:31 am
arey wah!. this is one smart idea to stuff Upma into bell peppers Madhu..
Love the pics..I am gonna try for sure 
Siri
May 30th, 2008 at 7:11 am
Love the pcitures Madhu..Sounds interesting .I am going to try this soon
May 30th, 2008 at 7:35 am
stuffed bell peppers looks delcious..very creative idea to stuff semiya upma…great entries.
May 30th, 2008 at 8:16 am
Nice idea of upma flled bell peppers….looks delicious
May 30th, 2008 at 8:32 am
A lovely idea Madhuram.. Like the semiya upma too ..
May 30th, 2008 at 8:50 am
Watta wonderful way to serve upma…gr8 idea..
May 30th, 2008 at 9:26 am
Nice post.
Just one tiny question - what does this go well with? You know how our Indian cooking is. It has to go with rice, roti or something
Would you say that this would go well as a side for pasta?
May 30th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Yum, yum, yum, delicioso! Perfect entry for both events.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Siri, Kamala as I have mentioned earlier try to increasing the spices/salt in the upma or drizzle some pickle water all over as I did and it tasted so good.
Ranji, Bhags, Swati, Hetal, Anjali, Uma thank you very much.
Anjali, you can have it for tiffin with coconut chutney, instead of eating the upma by itself. Or else this can also be like a starter, where each one can have half a pepper. Now that you mentioned pasta, I think we can also stuff pasta in the pepper, or a salad.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Ha ha , upma got a glamour look! Looks great in capsicum Madhu
May 30th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
That’s clever Madhu, nobody has come with that before. Looks great!:))
May 30th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Nat idea indeed Madhu! i love how its steamed, and that should’ve tasted amazing!:) btw, this sounds like a nice appetizer recipe, so you can send it in for monthly mingle
May 30th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
madhu - the upma looks great. i posted a rice in capsicum a few weeks ago and the photos were atrociously bad! lol! yours look great - love the green of the capsicum…
May 30th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
wow madhu..nice idea & nice photos
May 30th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Oh Upma looks great, and with bell pepper, awesome just divine madhu. Wonderful entry!!!
May 30th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Lovely real real lovely…:) I love bell peppers… Ur too good and soo soo innovative madhu…
Lovely entry to the lovely events… Ur too good..:)
“Hey check my blog for updates.. My uodates are not showing up in TOI…:)” - http://chutkibharpyar.blogspot.com
May 30th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
This is a very different recipe. Nice idea.
The stuffed peppers looks so good. Lovely try…
May 30th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Beautiful pics and yummy, elegant, healthy food.
Thanks!
Have a great weekend!
May 30th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
This is so pretty Madhuram, loved the idea!
May 30th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Reminds me the orzo-stuffed green peppers but I think I would love this better
Btw, got your mail - thanks Madhu! Will send you an email with my response.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
woowww.. i too stuff bell peppers wth potato n sometimes with paneer, this one is a cool nice idea…
May 31st, 2008 at 12:32 am
Lovely idea of stuffing upma in peppers. I usually stuff paruppu usli in capsicum. Shall try ur method next time. Good pics.
May 31st, 2008 at 9:09 am
Hi Madhuram, Thanks for participating in our contest with a wonderful recipe. Stuffed upma is new to me and looks delicious. Nice step by step instruction. Good luck for your entry…
May 31st, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Thank you very much Cham, Asha. But I can’t take credit for the idea, because I saw it in a magazine.
Mansi, thanks for the heads up. I’ve sent it now.
Arundathi thank you. Sunlight plays a major role in getting good pictures.
Madhavi, Trupthi, thank you very much.
Shubha, I saw the recipe in a magazine. I’ll definitely check your blog.
Sukanya, Krystyna, A-kay, Swati and Jayasree thank you very much. Jayasree, even I make usili stuffed capsicum quite often.
Nitu, thank you for conducting this wonderful contest. Keeping my fingers crossed.
June 2nd, 2008 at 3:28 pm
that is indeed a creative idea Madhuram
. I just loved the pic too . thanks for being a part of VoW-JFI and sharing this.
As I was off to vacation couldn’t respond to you earlier.
June 2nd, 2008 at 8:28 pm
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June 2nd, 2008 at 10:41 pm
@Pooja: Your welcome Pooja. Welcome to my blog and thank you very much for hosting the event.
June 5th, 2008 at 11:02 am
These look great!
June 6th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Excellent Idea. I stuffed mine with orzo pasta. Never thought of upma! Great idea.
June 8th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Meeso, thanks for visiting my blog.
Priya, I will check your pasta recipe. That sounds interesting too.
June 9th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Hi … I just added one of my mom’s recipe from bread leftovers - http://blog.felinemusings.com/2008/06/09/bread-upma/