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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Middle Eastern >> Lebanese

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Choose either medium or small zucchini. Wash well cut of stem end. Using a corer hollow out zucchini leaving rounded end intact. (I actually use the wrong end of a small spoon and it works for me) Try not to puncture the skin. Soak in salted water for 10 minutes. | 2. Gently fry onion in butter until transparent. Add pine nuts after 10 minutes cook with onions for another 10 minutes, stir occasionally. | 3. Add pan contents to ground meat, rice parsley, spice and about a teaspoon of salt, pepper and canola oil if meat is lean. | 4. Fill zucchini with stuffing. (The rice expands and the meat will shrink so fill them all the way). | 5. Arrange zucchini in layers in a large pot, sprinkling each layer lightly with sea salt. Add water and invert a plate on top of the zucchini and bring to a slow simmer, cover and simmer gently for 1 hour or until tender. | 6. Meanwhile heat the stabilized yogurt. When it begins to simmer/boil, add garlic and boil for 2 minutes, then remove from heat. | 7. When zucchinis are cooked, remove plate and pour garlic yogurt mixture over them and leave over medium heat for 10 minutes to boil gently. Cook uncovered until sauce is thick. | 8. Crush the dried mint to a coarse powder and sprinkle on top. Leave off the heat for 10 minutes before serving. Serve with mashed potatoes or steamed rice. | 9. Enjoy! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
zucchini	2		sized	4.62	0.6842	0.5962	0.08800000000000001
cold water				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
sea salt				-	-	-	-
onion	1		chopped	44.0	10.274000000000001	1.21	0.11
butter	1	tablespoon	clarified	85.5	3.9285	2.6715	7.2
pine nut	1	tablespoon		56.7844	1.1036	1.1551	5.7687
beef	8	ounces	ground	449.056	0.0	44.0438	28.8711
grain rice	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-
parsley	1	tablespoon	chopped	1.368	0.2405	0.1129	0.03
allspice	1/2	teaspoon	ground	2.4985	0.6851	0.0579	0.0826
sea salt				-	-	-	-
black pepper			ground	-	-	-	-
canola oil			ground	-	-	-	-
cold water	1 1/4	1/4		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
yogurt				-	-	-	-
garlic clove	2		crushed	-	-	-	-
mint	1	teaspoon	dried	-	-	-	-

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