When I was away at university I had the opportunity to meet a lot of friends coming from different walks of life. Part of getting to know them was also getting down with their culture and of course, the food they eat. I happened to have a Hungarian roommate and we would switch cooking for one another every Wednesday night. Sometimes we would even have guests come and they’d bring food from their country, which really makes for a great conversation for an intimate dinner party.

One of the recipes that quite struck me was my roommate’s Hungarian Stuffed Peppers or Toltott Paprika. It’s a very simple recipe and the ingredients are minimal and cheap. However, it certainly isn’t lacking in flavour. It’s bursting with flavours with the mixture of spices that go into it.

The traditional Toltott paprika although filled with ground chuck and pork also has some rice and a teaspoon of sugar. But you can always take it out of the equation to stay true to your low carb diet or you can save your carb allowance for this wonderful European dinner. And a teaspoon of sugar I think is actually negligible.