PEPPERS – RED

These Peppers are also commonly known as capsicums or bell peppers and have 3 reasons to be loved. One, it adds an active personality to your food due to its vibrant colour. Two, it combines into any dish and gets out a certain zing and savour. While they belong to the same family like chilies, capsicums are mild-flavoured and can jazz up a salad, provide a perky chomp to your pizza or pasta, and tastes incredible when roasted. Red capsicum is more mature than yellow, orange or green capsicum. It is rich in carotenoid, phytonutrients and contains almost 11 times more beta-carotene than green bell peppers as well as one and a half times more vitamin C. It contains the compounds astaxanthin, lycopene which are potent antioxidants.