Makshi – stuffed peppers with beef & rice

With most of the dishes in this book we ask ourselves: ‘Will Cornelia cook this?’ We always have a terrific time in Cornelia and Peter’s West London flat – she says it’s Ladbroke Grove but actually it’s closer to Latimer Road. She is an adventurous cook and a terrific hostess with very high standards, and is constantly on the lookout for new, exotic dishes to cook at her dinner parties. We know that recipes that pass the ‘Cornelia test’ are keepers. This dish has no exotic spicing, no firew