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🫑 🇬🇷 Yemista (Greek Stuffed Capsicums)

🫑 🇬🇷 Yemista (Greek Stuffed Capsicums)

Out of all the stuffed vegetables, I love capsicum the most. They're the sweetest to me, and also happen to be the easiest to prepare 👏🏼 Everyone puts their own little magic into making these. Maybe you can too 😃

Ingredients

The vegetables for stuffing 

  • 8 medium capsicums

The filling 

  • 1/2 bunch spring onions, chopped  
  • 1 brown onion, chopped 
  • 4 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 2 cups long grain grain rice, washed 
  • 1/3 small red capsicum, chopped finely 
  • 1 can quality crushed tomato (400g), or fresh tomato crushed
  • 2 cups water 
  • 1/2 bunch parsley, chopped
  • 1/3 cup mint leaves, chopped 
  • 3-4 sprigs dill, chopped 
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 3 tsp salt, or to taste 
  • 1 tsp pepper, or to taste
For the tray 
  • 3-4 small potatoes, cut into quarters
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 400g tomato, canned or fresh 
  • 3 cups hot water

Feta for serving

 

Method

  • Wash all your herbs and vegetables💦
  • Slice the tops off the capsicum, trim the underside of the tops and de seed them. Set aside.
  • Arrange your vegetables in a large pan and season the inside of their cavities with salt and pepper. 
  • Sautée the onion and garlic for about 5 mins, and be careful not to burn.
  • Add your rice and make sure it gets coated well with olive oil. 
  • Stir in tomato and 2 cups water 
  • turn of heat and add the sugar, herbs, oil, salt and pepper 
  • combine everything well by stirring 
  • Spoon the rice mixture loosely into the capsicums, leaving about 1/4 of the vegetable empty at the top to allow for the expansion of the rice. Put any left over rice at the bottom of the pan. 
  • Nuzzle your cut potatoes and any other vegetables. in between the capsicums to give them support.
  • Drizzle the more  extra virgin olive oil all over the vegetables
  • Add 3 cups hot water mixed with 250ml of tomato pulp to the corner of the pan.
  • Cook for a 1.5 hrs covered with foil at 190.
  • Continue baking uncovered at 180C Maybe for for another 30 mins
Notes
  • Be sure to add hot water to the pan. 
  • Don't forget you can add more vegetables to the pan!
  • some people add grated carrot or zucchini in the mixture and/or include a small amount of ground cinnamon and allspice
  • Serve with a big slice of feta and a green salad on the side

Enjoy!


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