About:

When it comes to starters, I love to try new things. The options for vegetarian-friendly grilling are endless. These stuffed peppers combine two of my favorite ingredients Plantains and Peppers. Plantain which is used for filling or it can be a nice light dinner served with a salad.  These peppers are definitely different from jalapenos – they aren’t as spicy, and are a little sweet. So this combo makes the starter like a Tangy taste.

Yields-3 servings
Preparation time-25 minutes
Cooking time- 6-8 minutes per batch

Ingredients:

• Long peppers-3
• Bread crumbs- for topping
• Oil- for toasting

For stuffing:

• Large plantain-1
• Chopped onion-1medium
• Chopped garlic-2-3cloves
• Chilli powder-1tsp
• Salt- to taste
• Oil-2tsp
• Chopped fresh cilantro
• Lemon/lime juice- to taste

Procedure:

For stuffing:

• Cut the ends of the plantain, peel, slice and steam cook plantains until tender.
• Transfer the plantain to the bowl, Let the plantain cool enough to handle and mash it in a bowl.
• Heat oil in the pan add in garlic, onion and saute for 2-3 minutes or until translucent.
• Add in mashed plantain, salt, chilli powder and drizzle some water (to avoid sticking to the pan) mix well and cook for a minute.
• Turn off the flame and drizzle some lemon juice, coriander and set aside.

Preparing peppers:

• Wash and Cut peppers in half-length wise, remove seeds, membrane.
• Stuff each half of the peppers with plantain mixture, top each stuffed peppers with bread crumbs.

For toasting peppers:

• Heat a skillet/pan on a medium heat grease some oil to the pan and place the stuffed peppers (I did it in batches- so place as per the size of the pan) and cook for 2-3 minutes, flip and cook on the other side for 2-3 minutes/ until cooked.

Garnish with some fresh cilantro/coriander and serve.

Note:

• Cooking time varies on the type of pepper so make sure to cook on a medium flame until peppers are tender and cooked.
• Stuffing can per personalised as per the taste.
• Stuffed peppers can also be baked in the pre-heated oven at 180 deg C(Fan assisted) for 15-20 minutes.