Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, lebanese zucchini with yoghurt sauce (kousa billaban). It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Great recipe for Lebanese Zucchini with Yoghurt Sauce (Kousa billaban). #backtoschool Yoghurt is very good for kids for their growing up as it contains calcium, this Lebanese dish is perfect to be consumed by kids. Kousa Bil Laban, Zucchini in Yogurt Yogurt based dishes are one of my favorite foods, and a bowl of kousa bil laban is ultimate comfort food to share with family. Stuffed zucchini simmered in a garlicky yogurt sauce, and flavored with a light dusting of dried mint, is a Lebanese classic that never goes out of style - comfort food at its best. Lebanese Kousa bil Laban (Stuffed Zucchinis in Yogurt) Literal translation: Zucchinis in yogurt.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook lebanese zucchini with yoghurt sauce (kousa billaban) using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Lebanese Zucchini with Yoghurt Sauce (Kousa billaban):
- Take 1 kg Lebanese zucchini (choose the small or medium ones)
- Take 1/2 kg mince beef
- Make ready 1 cup medium grain rice
- Make ready 1 tsp salt
- Take 1/2 tsp pepper
- Make ready Yoghurt sauce:
- Prepare 3 cups Greek yoghurt
- Make ready 1 tsp mint flake
- Take 1 tsp oregano flake
- Take 1 tsp salt
- Prepare 3 garlic cloves (finely chopped)
- Take 3 cups water
The one I decided to cook (kousa mehshi) involves stuffing baby zucchini with rice, meat, safflower, garlic and dried mint and boiling it in garlic and mint-scented water before finishing it off in a tangy yogurt sauce. Kusa bel laban, or stuffed zucchini in yogurt sauce, is a delicious classic Lebanese recipe that I consider a variation to the traditional Mahshi, but oh so good. I've always had mahshi cooked in tomato sauce. This was my first time having it swimming in a poodle of delicious garlicky yogurt sauce.
Instructions to make Lebanese Zucchini with Yoghurt Sauce (Kousa billaban):
- Using the corer knife, core the zucchini core to make it ready to be stuffed. Put aside.
- Preheat pan, cook mince beef without oil until well cooked, put aside.
- Wash medium grain rice in a bowl, add cooked mince beef salt, and peper. mix well.
- Stuff rice and mince beef into zucchinis, put aside.
- Prepare large cooking pot, put yoghurt and water, mix them well. Put the pot on the medium heat, keep stiring the yoghurt until it boils properly.
- Add chopped garlic, stuffed Lebanese zucchinis, and salt, lower the heat, cover the pot. Wait until the zucchinis and rice inside them cook really well.
- When they all cooked and soft, sprinkle mint flake and oregano, mix occasionally.
- It's ready to serve.
I've always had mahshi cooked in tomato sauce. This was my first time having it swimming in a poodle of delicious garlicky yogurt sauce. Add yoghurt, remaining garlic and mint, and combine. Pour over zucchinis, place pan over medium heat and bring to a simmer. Carefully transfer zucchinis to a large plate and serve with the yoghurt sauce.
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