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  • Writer's pictureNaila Siraj

Turkish style stuffed peppers with garlic yogurt


These are served cold with garlic yogurt

the sweet and salty taste is just too good

onion 1, chopped finely

rice 1 cup cooked ,i used wild rice

salt and pepper 1 tsp each sugar 1 tsp

Raisins 1/2 cup ( i used mixed of dark and sultana raisins)

Juice of 1 lemon

Olive oil 4 tbsp

tomato 1 chopped

ground cinnamon 1 tsp

ground allspice ½ tsp

mint 1/2 cup chopped

dill 1/4 cup chopped

parsley 1/2 cup chopped

red bell peppers 4

For serving:

Greek yogurt 1 cup mixed with 1 crushed garlic clove


fry the onion in 2 tablespoons of the oil till soft. Add salt, pepper and sugar, cooked rice stir a bit and add raisins, the tomato, cinnamon ,allspice, mint, dill and parsley and fry a minute or so

Add lemon juice and 1tbsp oil

Cut off the top of peppers to use as cap later

Remove the seeds and fill the peppers with the rice and raisins Put on the caps.


Place the peppers in a baking dish, pour 1/4 cup water into the bottom, and bake in an oven for 45-55 minutes at 375F until the peppers are tender and cooked through

Let cool

Serve cold with the garlic yogurt

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