Stuffed veggies aka gemista.
Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I'm gonna show you how to make a special dish, stuffed veggies aka gemista. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I'm gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook stuffed veggies aka gemista using 19 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Stuffed veggies aka gemista:
- {Prepare 5 of ripe tomatoes.
- {Prepare 5 of green bell peppers.
- {Make ready 3 of potatoes medium size.
- {Get 1 of eggplant.
- {Get 1 of zucchini.
- {Get 2 of large onions.
- {Get 1 clove of garlic.
- {Take 1 of sweet red pepper.
- {Take 1/2 batch of parsley.
- {Get 2 spoons of ground dried peppermint.
- {Take of sea salt.
- {Prepare of sweet paprika.
- {Prepare of cumin (lots of it).
- {Prepare 1 pinch of cinnamon.
- {Get 200 ml of extra virgin olive oil.
- {Get 300 of γρ rice (better arborio or carnarolli or similar).
- {Take of the insides of the tomatoes or equivalent of 200 ml tomato sauce.
- {Get 2 tbs of tomato paste.
- {Get 1 pinch of brown sugar.
Steps to make Stuffed veggies aka gemista:
- Wash and place the veggies in the baking tray that you will use. It is really important to make sure that they are crumped up in the tray with no gaps in between..
- Cut tomatoes from the top making sure not to cut through the slice, forming a lid for our tomatoes. Using a teaspoon, scoop the inside of the tomatoes, being really careful not to punch through them. Grate the inside of the tomatoes, add the tomato paste and give it a stir. Save it for later..
- Cut the peppers the same way as the tomatoes and take out the seeds. Do the same for the two potatoes, empty them and create a space. Cut the eggplant and the zucchini in half and empty them as well..
- Grate the onions and place them in a skillet with half of the olive oil over medium heat. Crush and add the garlic. Chop the red pepper and add it in the skillet and sauté..
- Cook until soften and add the tomato. Add the herbs and give it a stir..
- Add the fresh parsley and cook for 5-6 minutes. Add the rice and salt excessively. The mixture needs to be really salty because when the rice is cooked it will absorb the excess salt and it will be just fine. Fill in the vegetables with a spoon leaving some space for the rice to cook, it will double in size during cooking. Cut the potato into chunks, sprinkle them with some salt and tomato paste and place them between the stuffed vegetables. Add the rest of the olive oil and some tomato sauce..
- Bake on a preheated oven over 200oC for 90 minutes well covered. Check every 30 minutes to make sure that there is an excess of liquid. If not add a splash of boiled water. Check to the hour and if the rice is almost cooked uncover and let cook for half an hour. Avoid serving sizzling hot, better enjoyed cold with lots of feta cheese..
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