Stuffed peppers
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Stuffed peppers is a dish common in many cuisines. It consists of hollowed or halved bell peppers filled with any of a variety of fillings, often including meat, vegetables, cheese, rice, or sauce. The dish is usually assembled by filling the cavities of the peppers and then cooking.
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Spain
Stuffed peppers or pimientos rellenos are part of traditional Spanish cuisine, especially that of the region of the Basque Country. Usually piquillo peppers are used.[3] The fillings might include Manchego cheese, chicken, or cod in a red sauce, with chicken likely being the most popular recipe.
India
Stuffed peppers (bharvan mirch or bharva hari mirch) is one of several stuffed vegetable (
Mirchi bajji or
Eastern Mediterranean
North America
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Stuffed peppers in
Mexican and “Tex-Mex” cuisine has more than one stuffed pepper dish:
- The chile relleno, literally "stuffed pepper", consists of a roasted and peeled/skinned green pasilla or salsaand other toppings. This is also a popular offering at Tex-Mex restaurants in the southwestern U.S., but often cheddar cheese replaces the queso fresco.
- Jalapeño poppers are jalapeño peppers that have been hollowed out, stuffed with a mixture of cheese, spices, and sometimes ground meat, and then deep fried. The dish is common in Tex-Mex cuisine and less so in true Mexican cooking.
Guatemala
In Guatemala, the "pimiento" pepper is stuffed with shredded pork and vegetables. As the Mexican version, it is covered with egg batter and fried. It is served with tomato sauce or inside a bread bun.
Nordic and Baltic countries
- Nordic countries: Fyldte peberfrugter (Danish), Täytetyt paprikat (Finnish), Fylltar paprikur (Icelandic), Fylt paprika (Norwegian), Fyllda paprikor (Swedish).
- Baltic countries (Baltic States): Kimšti pipirai (Lithuanian) usually made with ground beef (or pork), rice, various vegetables and spices; Pildīti pipari (Latvian) and Täidisega paprika (Estonian) is word phrase for "stuffed peppers".
Central and Southeast Europe
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There are many names for stuffed peppers in the languages of Central and Southeast Europe:
- biber dolmasi (Turkish)
- Bibər dolması (Azeri)
- Filana paprika or Punjena paprika (Croatian)
- Speca të mbushur (Albanian)
- Γεμιστά (Gemista) (Greek)
- Punjena paprika (Bosnian)
- Пуњена паприка (Serbian)
- Filana paprika or Polnjena paprika (Slovenian)
- Faszerowana papryka (Polish)
- Gefüllte Paprika (German)
- Töltött paprika (Hungarian)[10]
- Полнети пиперки (Polneti piperki) (Macedonian)
- Plněná paprika (Czech)
- Plnená Paprika (Slovak)
- Пълнени чушки (Pulneni chushki) (Bulgarian)
- Фаршированный перец (Russian)
- Фарширований перець (Ukrainian)
- Ardei umpluți (Romanian)
The Hungarian variant, töltött paprika, is always made with Hungarian wax pepper, which has a distinctive taste somewhat similar to lecsó. Punjena paprika (pronounced [pûɲenaː pǎprika]) includes a tomato sauce. In Bulgaria, stuffed peppers are usually eaten with yogurt. Another variety of stuffed peppers in Bulgaria is made with mixed white cheese and eggs instead of meat and rice as stuffing.[citation needed]
In 2017, dolma making in Azerbaijan was included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.[11]
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In Romanian cuisine, stuffed peppers are usually prepared with bell peppers stuffed with ground meat (usually pork), rice, onion, and other vegetables and spices and then boiled in a sauce made from cream, tomatoes, and spices.[citation needed]
Traditionally in Bulgaria, the filling is made of rice steamed in advance, onions, minced meat and spices, heat-treated and crammed into pre-cleaned, washed and riddled with needle peppers. After filling of peppers, they are put in a baking dish, water is added and the dish is baked in the oven. If raw egg is added to the cooled stuffing, filled peppers can be cooked in a pan, as the pods are boiled almost steamed.
Besides minced meat and rice, other fillings may be used, such as vegetables (for example leek) and rice, beans, or fresh cheese and eggs. The peppers themselves can be either fresh or dried. Dried red peppers are used especially in southeastern Serbia around Pirot and Dimitrovgrad, often in winter.
Stuffed peppers are often cooked by Romani people and is a popular dish in Romani cuisine.[12]
See also
References
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