Recipe for Stuffed Bell Peppers in Oven

Ingredients:

4 green or red bell peppers
5 desserspoons olive oil
1 medium onion
1 clove garlic, pressed
450 g ground red meat
1 1/2 cups cooked rice
1 cup tomatoes, finely chopped
1 teaspoon dried pennyroyal
1/2 cup ketchup sauce
Salt, chili or ground black pepper for seasoning

Procedure

Fill a proper-sized pot with enough water and set over a low flame. Remove the tops and empty inside the bell peppers carefully with a knife. Put peppers inside water and a add a little salt. Allow there 2 to 3 minutes till soft. Then lay them in cold water and remove. Put them upside down in a strainer till their water is entirely drained. Set a frying pan over the heat and grease with 4 tablespoons of olive oil. Add in chopped onions and garlic and saute 5 minutes. Add in the ground meat, cooked rice, cubed tomatoes, and pennyroyal. Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper. Stir well.
Rub 1 remaing dessertspoon olive oil on the body of bell peppers and stuff them with the fillings. Then dissolve well the ketchup sauce in 1/4 cup of water and pour in a Pyrex dish. Place the stuffed bell peppers inside and put in the oven at 150 degrees Fahrenheit for 50 minutes or so. It's ready! Serve with fresh Persian bread !Bon Appetit!