Looking for and easy dinner idea? Ground turkey stuffed peppers with cilantro, rice and baharat are a complete meal that will fill your stomach and satisfy your soul on cold days
Start with the filling:
Preheat a pan to medium heat. Add 2 tablespoons of Canola oil. Add diced onion, garlic, ground meat and chopped cilantro. Saute for 5 minutes, until meat seals and turns opaque.
When the meat changes color, add the rice. Add salt, baharat (or cumin) and black pepper, and stir together. Add half a cup of water and bring to a boil. Cover with a lid, and cook for 6-7 minutes over low heat. When done cooking, remove from heat.
Make sauce:
Preheat a large, oven-safe stockpot or Dutch Oven to medium heat. Add 2 tablespoons of Canola oil. Add diced onion the onion, and saute until it changes colour, about 5 minutes.
Add diced tomatoes (including juice), a glass of water, salt, hot pepper and ground ginger. Bring to a boil and add the reserved handful of chopped cilantro.
Prepare peppers:
Remove the "head" from each pepper and set aside. Fill the peppers ¾ of the way with the meat mixture (leave some space below the rim).
To make Vegetarian stuffed peppers, switch the ground turkey for veggie ground round or textured vegetable protein that's been soaked in boiling water for 10 minutes and then squeezed out.