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rakski @rakski (156294) • Philippines 4 May

My chili pepper plant gave way to those pesky fungus. Yesterday, I still had a last glimpse of hope that it might survive but when I checked it out this morning, it's lifeless almost perished. Now I...

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rakski @rakski (156294) • Philippines 27 Apr

I was excited to see my capsicum or chili pepper plants thriving in heat. They were like 7 to 10 inches already. Boy, I was happy to see them growing and I hope they will survive. Then one day I saw them, the undersides were all...

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The green capsicum plantations grow well at this time

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23236) 21 Mar

The green capsicum plantations grow well at this time. In India the green ones grow the best. Very rarely red and yellow ones grow. The capsicum is used as a salad. In chowmin and fried rice they are chopped into small pieces and...

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The green capsicum and tomato plantations remain adjacent to each other

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23236) 23 Feb

Both green capsicum which we call shimla mirch and red tomatoes are planted side by side. One of the reasons are that they are watery vegetables. So additional amount of water from pipes and irrigation devices are provided. The...

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The winter vegetables make chowmin very tasty.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23236) 6 Jan

Chowmin is available all around the year. But in the winter we add peas, capsicum, eggs and carrots. We also chop the beans into small pieces and add that. We eat the chowmin with black pepper and tomato chilli sauce. All the...

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Capsicum

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 16 Aug

You wil; always find capscums in our fridge as that is what I need to add in most of the dishes. The flavour of capsicum adds to the taste of any dishe when it is added We even make capsicum pakoras. I added capsicum to the...

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The red capsicum and green capsicum have different tastes

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23236) 16 Apr 25

In bengal both the green capsicum and the red capsicum are popular. While the green ones are more readily used in salad, chowmin or fried rice the red capsicum are used in different types of manchurian dishes. The taste of both...

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In bengal the chilly plantations are adjacent to capsicum plantations

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23236) 23 Mar 25

The fertilizers which help the growth of chilly are the same for capsicum. So bengal in the chilly plantations they are used. They are grown adjacent to the capsicum plantations. They are used in vegetables and as the chillies are...

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The green capsicum plantations are awesome

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23236) 23 Mar 25

The green capsicum plantations are lovely. In the east they are grown in wide land. The entire area looks green. They dont grow to big height. The capsicums bulge out from the branches. They are used in chowmin, fried rice and...

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The farmers in Birbhum said that is easy to grow the green capsicum

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23236) 14 Jul 24

Capsicum is called shimla mirch in India. Among the lot the green ones are easy to grow. I talked with the farmers of Birbhum in bengal who said less watering is required for the green ones if compared with the yellow and red...

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I love both red and green capsicum

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23236) 21 May 24

In India capsicum is available in 3 colours. They are red, green and yellow. The green ones are the most popular. But I love all of them. They add taste in chowmin, fried rice and also in different curries in...

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The capsicum plantations require heavy watering

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23236) 19 May 24

In Bengal there are huge plantations where watering is required. The plantations are under direct sunlight. As capsicum also called simla mirch in India is a watery vegetables they soak water from the soil right...

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In Bengal the flowering farms and vegetable farms lie side by side

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23236) 21 Apr 24

In Bengal majority of the flowering farms are situated adjacent to the vegetable farms. While the brinjal farms, capsicum farms, potato farms require different watering and treatment they help the growth of the flowering farms....

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In India the green capsicum are most popular

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23236) 7 Apr 24

In some countries capsicum are found in red and yellow colour also. In India the green capsicum are most popular. There is a lovely scent of the capsicum. My mother used it in chowmin, fried rice and mughlai paratha. It adds...

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The capsicum plantations in the countryside are awesome

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23236) 7 Apr 24

The capsicum plantations in the countryside are awesome. They are lush green. The capsicum bulges out from the bottom branches. A lot of watering is required. In India the capsicum is called shimla mirch and is used in chowmin,...

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Today I had boiled prawns and rice

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23236) 20 Dec 23

Today I had boiled prawns boiled beans and capsicum and rice. Boiled prawns taste very good. In winter there are lot of vegetables which can be eaten in boiled form like raw bananas, beans, capsicum. They add a lot of food...

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Stuffed capsicum/bell pepper pakoras

Anindita Sengupta @aninditasen (18198) • Raurkela, India 7 Sep 22

I can't take a whole stuffed capsicum/bell pepper so I always slice them into eight pieces, stuff them with some stuffing, roll them in a batter of gram flour and deep fry them. Today I prepared a stuffing of smashed potatoes,...

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My first harvest for the summer

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381904) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Feb 18

I picked our first butternut squash/pumpkin today – two in fact and a couple of bell peppers/capsicums. We made two raised beds from leftover corrugated iron then made another three by cutting an old water tank into thirds. They...

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Sweet joys of gardening

WAJEEHA RUMANA @Blushandglow (725) • India 28 Mar 17

This morning while watering my plants I noticed that the time for reaping the benefits of my hardwork has come..as I could see many red cherry tomatoes and green capsicums hanging on the two plants.. Believe me its a real joy to...

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Do you eat chili? pepper? capsicum? Like it?

pehpot @pehpot (4762) • Philippines 9 Sep 08

Capsicum plants have a variety of names depends on tye. Some are called bell peppers, chilli pepper or just capsicum in some countries. They are also called paprka in some countries. The capsicum fruit, most of them, contains the...

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