Vegetable - Capsicum

Capsicum

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About the Vegetable :Capsicum or Bell pepper,is the most popular of the chilli peppers in the Capsicum annum family. It is a fruit pod of small perennial shrub in the nightshade or Solanaceae family, in the genus, capsicum. Unlike their fellow capsicum members, sweet peppers have characteristic bell shape with crunchy, thick fleshy texture. Additionally, on comparison with other members, bell peppers feature characteristically less pungency that ranges from zero to very minimal hotness. For the same reasons, they generally treated like any other common vegetables instead of spice.In structure, sweet pepper features blocky, cube like outer flesh enclosing numerous tiny, white, or cream colored, circular and flat seeds. The seeds are actually clinging on to the central core (placenta). The fruit of Capsicum plants have a variety of names depending on place and type. The piquant (spicy) varieties are commonly called chili peppers, or simply "chilies". The large, mild form is called red pepper, green pepper, or bell pepper in North America and typically just "capsicum" in New Zealand,Australia, and India. The fruit is called paprika in some other countries

Scientific / Binomial name : Capsicum annum

Popularly Known as :Bell Pepper, Bengaluru Mirchi, Banglore Mirapakaya, Shimla Mirchi

Usage :

• Fresh raw bell peppers are being used as vegetables in cuisines. They can be eaten raw as in salads or cooked in stir-fries.
• In many parts of South Asia, they are mixed with other vegetables like potato, carrots, aubergine, green beans etc., along with tomato, garlic, onion, mustard seeds, cumin, and other spices in various mouth-watering stir-fries (sabzi).
• They can also be stuffed with rice, meat, cheddar cheese, dried fruits, nuts, etc., and, then cooked/roasted.
• They can also be grilled and served with sauce, cheese, and olive oil or with dips.
• Finely chopped sweet peppers can be used in Chinese-style vegetable stir-fries, and noodles.
• Sweet peppers are one of the popular ingredients in Italian pizza and pasta.
• Capsicum species have also found use in medicines.
• This Vegetable is also available in many colours and varieties in the market..Hence the combination of this vegetable with different colours makes the recipe more colourful and tasty too.

Culinary Used Areas :Capsicum is native to Americas, where they have been cultivated for thousands of years. In modern times, it is cultivated worldwide, and has become a key element in many regional cuisines.