5 traditional and delicious stuffed vegetables

Eating vegetables is the best way to easily include nutrients and antioxidants in daily meals. Vegetables help to boost health and help fight off diseases. They are a must in all people’s daily diets.

They are so varied that you can create countless combinations and dishes with them. Whether cooked or raw vegetables, they are easy to prepare exquisite dishes. Varied flavours and textures of vegetables create an infinite repertoire for any meal.

How to eat vegetables?  

The versatility and cooking options of vegetables please everyone. You can make plenty of dishes with them, so you will never get tired of eating them. Generally, vegetables are part of other meals complementing flavours and textures. They are included in soups, stews, salads, sauces, rice bowls, casseroles, omelettes, and so much more.

They can be used alone and become the start of any dish: vegetables with rice, veggie noodles, vegetable lasagnas, pizza toppings, and so on.

Stuffing vegetables  

Eating vegetables is anything but boring. A fun way of eating vegetables is stuffing them. It is the best method to have a satisfying and notable-looking meal with relatively little time and effort.

You only need to choose a vegetable and fill it with anything with your pantry and fridge ingredients. You can even use leftover food since it becomes the best way of taking advantage of remains to create a delicious and nutritious meal.

Stuffed vegetables make it possible to have in a single dish all your favourite ingredients. For instance, combine rice with meat, tuna, or shrimp. A vegetarian option includes beans or mushrooms along with seasonal veggies.

5 delicious Indian stuffed vegetables  

Many vegetables can be stuffed. The stuffing depends on your imagination.  Here are 5 delightful ideas for making stuffed Indian vegetables.

Stuffed Eggplant (stuffed brinjal or Bharwan Baingan)

Eggplants are the preferred vegetable to stuff. Their delicious flavour and shell consistency make the perfect container for any filling. Traditional brinjal stuffed includes spices like coriander seeds, chana dal, asafetida, urad dal, and dried red chillies; coconut and onions served with rice. Another different option is made with eggplant rice in the fillings and topped with Parmesan cheese.

Stuffed Bitter Gourd (Bharwan Karela)

They must be salted and washed out several times to reduce the bitter taste. There are many versions of this dish, the most popular is with caramelised onions filling with contrast to the regular taste of bitter gourd. It is traditionally fried in mustard oil.

Stuffed Capsicum (Bharwan Simla Mirchi)

The varied colours of capsicum allow playing with different colours and textures to create funny meals. Filling may include mashed potatoes, paneer, or peas blended with traditional spices and served with chapati or rice.

Stuffed Potatoes (Bharwan Aloo)

This is another favourite vegetable for stuffing. Potatoes are a subtle flavour, so the filling must be with dense taste. It includes cumin seeds, green chillies, ginger, turmeric, coriander, Garam Masala, amchur powder, cashews, and raisins.

Stuffed Lady Finger (Bharwan Bhindi)

It consists of okra filled with traditional Indian spices. It has tender green okra, onion, roasted peanut powder, coriander, cumin, turmeric, red chilli powder, Garam Masala, fennel powder, and amchur powder. It is eaten with roti chapati or rice.

Try an Indian stuffed vegetable recipe  

This is the way of eating okra. It is a traditional Indian dish served for lunch or dinner. It is a bit spicy and very healthy.

Stuffed Ladyfingers  

 Ingredients:

• 300 grams of smooth ladyfingers.
• 3 tablespoons of oil.
• 2 teaspoons of anise powder.
• 2 teaspoons of coriander powder.
• ½ teaspoon of red chilli powder.
• ½ teaspoon of turmeric powder.
• ½ teaspoon of amchur powder.
• ¼ teaspoon of Garam Masala.
• 1 inch-long piece of grated ginger.
• 1 ping of Heeng.
• ¼ teaspoon of cumin seeds.
• 1 tablespoon of gram flour.
• ¾ teaspoon of salt.

 Preparation: 

1. Clean the ladyfingers and cut the top and bottom parts.
2. Make a long slit along each ladyfinger. Be sure not to cut through the whole vegetable.
3. In a bowl, combine anise, coriander, red chilli, turmeric, amchur, and ginger.
4. In a saucepan, pour oil and heat at medium temperature.
5. Add the heeng, cumin seeds, gram flour, and salt. Roast them.
6. Incorporate the mixture of spices and cook for 1 minute.
7. Stuff the ladyfingers with the spice blend.
8. In another saucepan, add more oil and place the stuffed ladyfingers.
9. Cook covered for 5 minutes.
10. Flip the ladyfingers for cooking for all sides.
11. Serve it with chapatis, naan, or rice.

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