Baked Peppers With Sour Cream - SHARAN

Ingredients

• 5 sweet bell peppers
• ½ cup chopped onion, sprinkled with ¼ tsp unrefined salt
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1½ tbsp red pepper powder or ½ tsp cayenne pepper
• 1 cup chopped carrot (chopped small)
• 7-8 mushrooms, chopped small
• 1 medium-sized tomato, chopped
• 2 spring onions, finely chopped
• ¼ tsp black pepper (kali mirch) powder
• 1½ tsp coriander (dhaniya) powder
• ¾ tsp additional unrefined salt (for rubbing the peppers with and adding to the vegetables)
• 1 cup whole dry lentils (masoor), soaked overnight, steamed and sprinkled with ½ tsp (or to taste) unrefined salt
• 1 cup finely chopped parsley
• 15 leaves basil