Marich Keemar Achaar (Stuffed Pepper with Ground Beef)

Serves four to five people.

Ingredients:

• Jalapeno pepper - 8
• Ground beef - 200 gm
• Chopped onion - 4 tablespoons
• Chopped garlic - 1 tablespoon
• Ginger paste - 1 teaspoon
• Garlic paste - 1 teaspoon
• Ground turmeric - ½ teaspoon
• Panchforon (a mixture of fennel, mustard, fenugreek, cumin and black cumin) - ½ teaspoon
• Fried cumin powder - ½ teaspoon
• Tamarind - 6 tablespoons
• Salt - as needed
• Oil - 6 tablespoons

Preparation:

• Cover and boil the beef with garlic paste, ginger paste and salt in 2 cups of water over low heat.
• Dry the water completely.

• Heat the oil in a pan.
• Add panchforon and brown the onions.
• Now mix in the ground beef and fry slightly until brown.
• Once cool, mix with cumin powder and 3 tablespoons of tamarind, and keep aside.

• Clean and clean the peppers. Keep the stems intact.
• Split the peppers lengthwise in the middle and clean out the pulp with a knife.
• Stuff each pepper with the ground beef mix and keep aside.

• Heat the rest of the oil and brown the chopped garlic.
• Add the remaining tamarind.
• Drop the stuffed peppers gently into the pan. Keep over low heat and cover.
• If needed, add a little bit of water.
• Turn the peppers over after 2 to 3 minutes.

• Serve hot once done.