Zucchini in yogurt

Name: Zucchini in yogurt
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 kg Lebanese zucchini; 200 grams minced meat; 1/2 tsp black pepper; 1/2 tsp salt; 25 grams pine; 1 tbs margarine; 250 grams Egyptian rice 🍚; 1 kilogram yogurt; 1 tbs starch; 2 cups water 💦; 1 tbs dry mint; 4-5 garlic gloves; 1/2 tsp salt; 25 gram pine nuts for garnish (optional)

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This is one of our most loved family dishes. It is a regular at our family lunches in winter for its stomach-warming value, and it maintains its desired presence throughout the year for its deliciousness and health values.💚

Tripolitan Cuisine @cook_16360859

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Ingredients

1 kgLebanese zucchini
200 gramsminced meat
1/2 tspblack pepper
1/2 tspsalt
25 gramspine
1 tbsmargarine
250 gramsEgyptian rice 🍚
Yogurt
1 kilogramyogurt
1 tbsstarch
2 cupswater 💦
1 tbsdry mint
4-5garlic gloves
1/2 tspsalt
25 grampine nuts for garnish (optional)

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Steps

1

Cut off the zucchini stalks, then slice off the dried tips at both ends.
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Carefully hollow out the zucchini from the stalk end using the manakra tool, keep hollowing until you have a generous cavity.
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Wash the zucchini
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Wash and rinse the rice, soak it for 30 minutes, drain, then add the minced meat, salt, peppers and mix all together very well.
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Cook the pine nuts in 1 tbsp of warmed maragarine till it has a nice golden colour, add them to the rice mix.
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Fill the zucchini with the prepared stuffing to the half, test with your finger to make sure of the quantity.
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In a pot, pour the yogurt with water and corn starch, mix everything very well.
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Keep stirring yogurt continuously till it boils.
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Once bubbles show on the surface, add the zucchini.
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On a medium heat, keep cooking for 1 hour, then add the crushed garlic, the dried mint and salt.
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Keep for another hour on a low heat till its well cooked.
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Serve hot.
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Notice: keep checking the zucchini until its done.
- stir occasionally to make sure that the yogurt covers all zucchini, and to avoid sticking the sauce to the bottom of the pan.
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Made By: raeda Turki