Peppers with rice

Delicious and simple dish!

Ingredients

• bulgarian pepper 6 pcs.
• carrots 2 pcs.
• onion 2 pcs.
• tomato 1 pc.
• tomato paste 2 tablespoons
• salt to taste
• black pepper to taste
• bay leaf 2 pcs.
• half a cup of rice
• zira pinch
• turmeric 0.5 tsp
• vegetable oil 3 tablespoons
• sugar 1 tsp

Directions

1. Boil rice until half cooked. Cut 1 onion into small cubes, grate 1 carrot. Fry onions with carrots until golden brown in vegetable oil. Add turmeric, cumin, rice, salt, pepper. Mix. Cut off the caps of the peppers, peel them of seeds. Stuff with rice.
2. Stew onions and carrots with tomato paste
3. Cut the second onion and carrots into cubes. Fry until half cooked, add tomato paste, fry for 2 minutes, add sugar and chopped tomato, fry for another 2 minutes. Add bay leaves, black pepper. Stir and pour 500 ml of boiling water. Salt.
4. Stew the stuffed peppers in the sauce
5. Put the peppers in the sauce and simmer, covered for about 20 minutes.