Stuffed Capsicum

Ingredients:

Capsicum (medium) - 3

Roasted gram (Gulla Senaga pappu) - 1/4 cup

Red chillies - 5

Cumin seeds - 2 tbsp

Salt - as per taste

Oil - 2-3 tbsp

Procedure:

1. Wash, clean, cut the upper portion and remove seeds from capsicum and set aside.
2. Take a pan, add roasted gram, cumin seeds, red chilly pieces and roast them without oil under low flame until they start changing color.
3. Now grind the roasted ingredients with salt in to fine powder. Add 2 tbsp of oil in the powder and mix well.
4. Stuff the prepared powder inside the capsicum.
5. Take a pan, add 1 tbsp oil, place the capsicum and saute them by covering the lid under low flame.
6. Continue to saute them until they change to brown color on all the sides. Serve with hot rice ....Its a great side dish with sambhar or rasam.

TIP: You can substitute bengal gram in place of roasted gram to prepare the stuffing. Do not fill the entire capsicum with stuffing. Only fill half of it with prepared stuffing.