Friday, 11 November 2016 00:00

Stuffed Tomato With Stir-Fried Quinoa And Feta Recipe

Juicy succulent ripened tomatoes stuffed in with crunchy quinoa filling tossed along with colorful bell peppers.

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Stuffed Tomato With Stir-Fried Quinoa and feta Recipe is a classic a dish made in Turkey or Iran. This dish is made by scooping the pulp out from the tomatoes and stuffing it with seasoned quinoa to give it an extra flavor to the dish. The tomato is then baked in the oven to keep the flavor intact so that when it is cut open the tomato stays juicy and the stuffing is warm inside.

Traditionally the tomatoes in Turkey are stuffed with spicy minced meat, rice, onion, parsley, olive oil, mint, black pepper, and salt.

Serve your juicy Stuffed Tomato With Stir Fried Quinoa and feta with  breakfast.

If you are looking for more side dish recipes here are some of our favorites:

  1. Shredded Chicken Tostadas Recipe
  2. Soft and Crispy Cheese Stuffed Puff Sticks Recipe
  3. Baked Potato-Spaghetti Rolls Recipe

Cuisine: Middle Eastern

Course: Appetizer

Diet: Vegetarian

Equipments Used: Oven Toaster Grill ( Baking Pizza, Breads, Cakes)

Prep in 10 M

Cooks in 30 M

Total in 40 M

Makes: 4 Servings

Ingredients

  • 4 Tomatoes , pulp scooped out, big ones
  • 100 grams Quinoa , soaked in water for 2 hours
  • 1 Red Bell pepper (Capsicum) , chopped finely
  • 1 Yellow Bell Pepper (Capsicum) , chopped finely
  • 100 grams Cheddar cheese , grated
  • 50 grams Feta Cheese , cubed
  • 2 teaspoon Black pepper powder
  • Salt , to taste

Directions for Stuffed Tomato With Stir-Fried Quinoa And Feta Recipe

  1. To begin making Stuffed Tomato With Stir Fried Quinoa and feta Recipe, heat a pan with oil , add chopped garlic, saute the vegetables and add the feta cheese.

  2. Once done add the quinoa and saute for 2 minutes then add 1 and 1/2 cups of water. Cover and let the quinoa boil and get cooked.

  3. Let the water evaporate, check for seasoning. Let it cool down and stuff it inside the tomato that has been scooped out and season with salt.

  4. Top it up with cheddar cheese and some chopped bell peppers and bake it in the oven for about 10 minutes at 150 degree Celsius. 

  5. Serve your juicy Stuffed Tomato With Stir Fried Quinoa and feta with  breakfast.

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