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Upma Stuffed in Green Bell Pepper
May 30th, 2008 Madhuram Posted in Food Blog Events, Light Meals/Tiffin, Vegan Main Dishes | 
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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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May 30th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Ha ha , upma got a glamour look! Looks great in capsicum Madhu
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 9:47 am
Yum, yum, yum, delicioso! Perfect entry for both events.
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 8:50 am
Watta wonderful way to serve upma…gr8 idea..
May 30th, 2008 at 8:32 am
A lovely idea Madhuram.. Like the semiya upma too ..
May 30th, 2008 at 8:16 am
Nice idea of upma flled bell peppers….looks delicious
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 7:11 am
Love the pcitures Madhu..Sounds interesting .I am going to try this soon
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