Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, lebanese stuffed squash/zucchini. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Lebanese stuffed squash/zucchini is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Lebanese stuffed squash/zucchini is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
It's an Arabic word for zucchini. It's also known as Lebanese squash. Stuffed squash, courgette, marrow, mahshi, or zucchini is a dish of the region of the former Ottoman Empire from the Balkans to the Levant and Egypt, a kind of dolma.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have lebanese stuffed squash/zucchini using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Lebanese stuffed squash/zucchini:
- Get 2 kg medium sized squash/zucchini
- Make ready 450 grams ground lean meat, uncooked
- Take 1 cup short grain rice, uncooked
- Get 1 medium tomato, grated to take off skin
- Take 1 medium tomato, finely diced
- Take 2 tsp salt, pepper, and allspice
- Prepare 2 clove medium sized garlic, grated
- Prepare 2 tbsp Mint, finely chopped
- Take 1 medium lemon, juiced
- Get 2 tsp vegetable oil
- Take 1 Water, enough to completely cover squash.
- Make ready 2 tbsp tomato paste
- Take 2 clove Garlic, grated
- Get 1 salt/pepper
- Prepare 2 tbsp lemon juice
Hollow out the zucchini using a manakra, which is a tool like a long apple corer designed for this purpose; you can find them in Middle Eastern food stores. An abundance of squash from my garden inspired me to make up this stuffed zucchini recipe, which is now a favorite. Sprinkle with cheese during the last few minutes of baking. Zucchini cored and stuffed with meat and rice then cooked in tomato sauce is a traditional Lebanese comfort food recipe.
Instructions to make Lebanese stuffed squash/zucchini:
- Clean squash and use the special utensil to core it out. This tool can be found in middle eastern shops.
- Mix rice, meat, grated tomato, chopped tomato, lemon juice, oil, garlic, mint, and spices.
- Stuff squash 3/4 full and tap squash on palm of hand slightly to bring down stuffing. It should not be tightly packed,keep in mind rice will soak up liquid and puff. Rice should NOT reach the top of squash, leave about an inch empty.
- Lay stuffed squash in a layer in pot. Keep layering them flat until they are all in the pot.
- Add water, enough to submerge the squash. Add the tomato paste, salt/pepper, lemon juice and grated garlic. These flavors mirror the flavors in the squash.
- Cover squash with a large round glass plate and top it with a kettle filled with water. This may look funny, but it will ensure they are fully submerged and will complete cooking the rice inside all at the same time.
- On high heat, let come to a rolling boil, bring heat down to medium and cook for 1 hour. After 1 hour, take kettle and plate off and cover with lid for 15 more min.
- Take one out, poke it with a fork, it should be tender. Cut it up, rice should be soft. Serve with some of the sauce on top. Enjoy.
The Best Lebanese Squash Recipes on Yummly Stuffed Zucchini recipe - How to make Stuffed Zucchini. Fill the zucchini halves with the above mixture and arrange them on a greased baking tray. Spoon out the white sauce over it and top with the cheese. Squash Blossoms Stuffed with Zucchini, Sweet Corn, and chèvre.
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