Indian stuffed peppers with yoghurt-sesame sauce

AUTHOR
Lenora Decker
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 5
COOK TIME
50 mins
TOTAL TIME
50 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 125 g Long grain rice
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 35 g Cashew nuts
  • 6 TABLESPOONS Olive oil
  • 400 g minced lamb
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 1/2 TEASPOON Cumin
  • 1/2 TEASPOON Coriander seeds
  • 4 green peppers (about 250 g each)
  • 1 TABLESPOON Curry Powder
  • 200 ml Vegetable broth (instant)
  • 8 Stem(s) Mint
  • 250 g Whole milk yoghurt
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Lemon juice
  • 1 TABLESPOON Tahin (Sesame Paste)

Directions

  1. 1

    Prepare rice in boiling salted water according to package instructions. Coarsely chop the cashew nuts, roast them in a pan without fat until golden brown, take them out. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in the pan. Fry the minced meat in it until crumbly, season with salt and pepper.

  2. 2

    Coarsely crush or chop the cumin and coriander seeds. Cut a lid off each of the peppers. Core and wash the peppers. If necessary, cut the bottoms of the peppers to make them stand better.

  3. 3

    Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a frying pan. Brown the bell peppers and lid all around for 3-4 minutes. Drain rice, rinse with cold water, mix with minced meat, cashew nuts, curry powder, coriander seeds and cumin.

  4. 4

    Season to taste with salt and pepper. Pour the mixture into the peppers. Put the paprika and lid in a roasting pan. Pour on broth, bring to the boil, cover and cook for about 20 minutes. Meanwhile wash mint, dab dry and pluck leaves from the stalks.

  5. 5

    Cut the leaves into fine strips, except for a little to garnish, and mix with yoghurt, 2 tablespoons of olive oil, lemon juice and sesame paste. Season with salt and pepper. Arrange peppers and sesame dip, garnish with mint.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
730 kcal
CARBS
37 g
FATS
49 g
PROTEINS
26 g