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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Middle Eastern >> Lebanese

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Cut stems from squash and scoop out seeds. Because of the small size of the squash, you may twirl a knife in the flesh to scrape the seeds. The most effective method is to take a flat handle silver spoon and use the handle end to scrape out the seeds. You may rinse out the inside with water. | 2. Heat olive oil in pan over medium heat. | 3. Slice onion and add to hot olive oil. | 4. Let fry for about 3-5 minutes while you make the stuffing. | 5. In a large bowl, combine lamb, rice, and spices. The best method is to get in it with your hands and just smoosh and mix without any sort of utensils. | 6. Add cans of tomato sauce and diced tomato to the onions. | 7. Stuff squash with mixture. Leave about a half inch to a quarter inch of room at the end as the rice will expand. Also, do not pack too tightly as the expanding rice will break the squash. | 8. Add the stuffed squashes to the pan. | 9. Chop the garlic cloves into fine pieces and sprinkle between the squash in the pan. | 10. Add water to just cover the squash and let simmer over medium heat for 40 minutes. | 11. Squeeze a few drops fresh lemon juice over squash and sprinkle a pinch of mint. | 12. Allow to cook another 10 minutes or so. | 13. **Note** I have made this several more times and revised only the cooking time slightly. I found it somewhat easier to cut the squashes in half from the start. Additionally, I always test the filling to make sure the rice is fully cooked. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
yellow squash koosa	7 -8			-	-	-	-
rice	1	cup		678.95	141.0625	13.949000000000002	5.92
lamb	1 1/2		ground	1816.668	0.0	114.8515	146.8984
tomato sauce	1	can		-	-	-	-
tomato	1	can	diced	40.2099	8.6898	1.9658	0.4468
garlic clove	2			-	-	-	-
onion	1/2			32.0	7.472	0.88	0.08
pepper				-	-	-	-
allspice	1/2	teaspoon		2.4985	0.6851	0.0579	0.0826
lemon juice				-	-	-	-
mint	1	pinch		0.0522	0.01	0.0039	0.0009
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
olive oil	3	tablespoons		358.02	0.0	0.0	40.5
water				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.