I extraneously got some inspiration from the Genesis... You all know, I'm not a religious person... but, I have read about the Babel Tower.So, when Jai and Bee from Jugalbandi announced the new Click event for this month: RED, I immediately pictured this Red Peppers Babel Tower in my mind.
According to the biblical account, a united humanity, speaking a single language and migrating from the east, took part in the building after the Great Flood; Babel was also called the "beginning" of Nimrod's kingdom. The people decided their city should have a tower so immense that it would have "its top in the heavens."(וְרֹאשׁוֹ בַשָּׁמַיִם) However, the Tower of Babel was not built for the worship and praise of God, but was dedicated to the glory of man, with a motive of making a 'name' for the builders: "Then they said, 'Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.'" (Genesis 11:4). God, seeing what the people were doing, confounded their languages and scattered the people throughout the earth. (Wikipedia source)
This Babel Pepper tower is dedicated to the glory of Red Peppers: a good source of selenium and vitamin C, E, and pro vitamin A. Peppers are antioxidant and beneficial to the body, the perfect ingredient in a low calorie diet, diuretic, digestive, depurative... All these peppers come from a different background and their characteristics are unique and different, but somehow they managed to understand each other and build the tower!I wanted to go to La Boqueria and get Peppers from all over the world, but I couldn't make it last week, and these are all from the grocer's shop and the Friday's farmers market:
Still missing some Pimientos del Piquillo from Lodosa and Jalapeños from Xalapa and... you can add your own here :D
I simply grilled the fresh ones (20 to 30 minutes in the oven's grill at high temp.). Boiled some rice in salty water and drained. Heated 3 tablespoons of olive oil in a pan and added one guindilla, after aromatizing the oil, added some cooked chickpeas and the drained rice. Stirred a bit and turned the heat off. Presented in a small bowl and added some peeled stripes of grilled red pepper. Seasoned with some extra virgin olive oil and salt.
I'm sending the previous picture to Click's Event! Come join... It's fun!!!!And meanwhile, grab your fork and eat!
More recipes with peppers:
Escalivada and fresh anchovy
Stuffed Piquillo peppers
Stuffed Red peppers
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