Easiest Way to Prepare Homemade Lebanese stuffed squash/zucchini

Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how 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 unique. This will be really delicious.

Lebanese stuffed squash/zucchini is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Lebanese stuffed squash/zucchini is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lebanese stuffed squash/zucchini using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Lebanese stuffed squash/zucchini:

1. Take 2 kg medium sized squash/zucchini
2. Make ready 450 grams ground lean meat, uncooked
3. Take 1 cup short grain rice, uncooked
4. Take 1 medium tomato, grated to take off skin
5. Make ready 1 medium tomato, finely diced
6. Make ready 2 tsp salt, pepper, and allspice
7. Prepare 2 clove medium sized garlic, grated
8. Get 2 tbsp Mint, finely chopped
9. Make ready 1 medium lemon, juiced
10. Get 2 tsp vegetable oil
11. Prepare 1 Water, enough to completely cover squash.
12. Make ready 2 tbsp tomato paste
13. Take 2 clove Garlic, grated
14. Prepare 1 salt/pepper
15. Get 2 tbsp lemon juice

Instructions to make Lebanese stuffed squash/zucchini:

1. Clean squash and use the special utensil to core it out. This tool can be found in middle eastern shops.
2. Mix rice, meat, grated tomato, chopped tomato, lemon juice, oil, garlic, mint, and spices.
3. 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.
4. Lay stuffed squash in a layer in pot. Keep layering them flat until they are all in the pot.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.

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