Saturday, 15 October 2011

Stuffed Peppers AKA Punjene Paprike


My boyfriend is Serbian and they have awesome food from back home! His momma cooks her Stuffed Peppers to perfection and I always look forward to having it! This itself is a full meal! Yum!

Here is a recipe:
  • 6-8 bell peppers
  • 400 gr beef or pork minced
  • 1 cup of rice
  • 2 carrots
  • 2 onions
  • 1 Tbs chopped parsley
  • 2 Tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup of olive oil
  • 2-3 potatoes
  • 2 Tbs plain flour
  • 1 tsp sweet paprika
  • 1 tsp vegetable or dehydrated green herb stock
Directions
  • Cut tops off peppers and remove seeds. 
  • Wash peppers to prepare for filling. Fry chopped onions and Grated carrots in olive oil at medium to high temperature. Stir constantly.
  • After 2–3 minutes add mince and salt and continue to fry it for another 4–5 minutes. 
  • Take it off heat and add rice, plain flour, sweet paprika and dehydrated vegetable or green herb stock.
  • Stir the mixture. Spoon filling into the peppers. Cover the top of each pepper with a slice of potato.
    Place peppers in a dish. Place remaining potatoes put between peppers.
  • Pour water until peppers are covered. 
  • Boil at low temperature for 40-45minutes. 
  • Sprinkle chopped parsley on the top. Serve hot.