KOUSA BI LABAN
Zucchini stuffed with ground meat, spices and pine nuts and simmered in a tart yogurt sauce is a popular Lebanese meal.
Provided by Tarik Fallous
Categories main-dish
Time 1h
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 26
Steps:
- For the stuffed zucchini: Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring frequently, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the ground top round and ground lamb and cook, breaking up with a wooden spoon, until browned, about 10 minutes. Add 1 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, Lebanese seven spices, cinnamon, cardamom, 1/2 cup of the pine nuts and the parsley and stir gently. Set aside to cool.
- Cut the stem off the top of the zucchini. Using a vegetable corer or small spoon, core the zucchini by gently removing the center while leaving the sides intact. Fill the center of the zucchini with the filling, packing to make tight and leaving a 1/2-inch space between the filling and the top.
- Add the vegetable oil to a large skillet over medium heat and fry the zucchini for a few minutes, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer the zucchini to a plate lined with paper towels to absorb the excess oil.
- Arrange the stuffed zucchini side by side in a large pot of simmering water. Sprinkle with salt, reduce the heat and cover. Cook until the zucchini is tender when pierced with a sharp knife, about 20 minutes. Remove the zucchini and reserve the cooking liquid.
- For the yogurt sauce: Place the yogurt in a medium high-sided skillet over medium heat. Whisk together the cornstarch and water in a small bowl. Add the cornstarch mixture to the yogurt and cook, stirring, until it begins to steam, about 5 minutes. Add the white pepper and sea salt. Add 3 spoonfuls of the reserved zucchini cooking liquid. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for about 3 minutes.
- Heat the olive oil in a small skillet over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and dried mint and cook while stirring until browned, about 3 minutes. While stirring, add the garlic mixture to the yogurt and cook for another 2 minutes.
- Carefully drop the partially cooked zucchini in the yogurt sauce and continue cooking until completely done, about 10 minutes. Add the remaining 1/2 cup pine nuts on top to garnish. Serve hot with vermicelli rice.
- Heat the vegetable oil and 1 tablespoon of the butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Drop the vermicelli noodles into the pan and stir every few seconds until they are browned, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside on a towel-lined plate.
- Bring 2 1/4 cups water to a boil in a medium pot. Add the rice, noodles, the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and the sea salt. Stir together, cover, reduce the heat to low and cook until tender, about 20 minutes.
LEBANESE STUFFED ZUCCHINI (KOUSSA BI LABAN)
Make and share this Lebanese Stuffed Zucchini (Koussa Bi Laban) recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Engineer in the Kit
Categories Rice
Time 2h
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Wash zucchini, cut off stem and hollow them with an apple corer. If they are longer than 5 inches, cut them in half before you hollow.
- Mix all ingredients of filling. Stuff zucchini.
- Put in a pot with water, and 1/2 the quantity of cooked yogurt. Cook over medium heat for 30 minutes.
- Add zucchini to boiling yogurt, cook over medium heat for 10 minutes. Add crushed garlic with dried mint to mixture. Boil for another 10 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 267.6, Fat 9.9, SaturatedFat 4.7, Cholesterol 40.6, Sodium 96.9, Carbohydrate 30.8, Fiber 2.3, Sugar 8, Protein 14.7
LEBANESE STUFFED ZUCCHINI
Kousa Mahchi- Beef stuffed squash in a tomato sauce broth.
Provided by Rose- The Salt and Sweet Kitchen
Categories Entrées
Time 1h10m
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Wash and dry the zucchinis, cut off the stalks and slice off the dried tips at the opposite end without removing too much flesh.
- Carefully hollow out the zucchini. Start from the stalk end by inserting your corer about 3/4 of the way into the zucchini, making sure not to poke the bottoms or the tender skin of the zucchinis. Twist the corer and pull out the zucchini flesh. Do this a few times, until you have a generous cavity.
- Set cored zucchini aside.
- In your food processor, add the cut pieces of tomatoes and pulse a few times until well blended.
- In a large mixing bowl, thoroughly mix the stuffing ingredients of rice, ground beef, butter, fresh blended tomatoes, spices and salt until fully combined (I do this by hand).
- Using your hands stuff the zucchini with the beef mixture, leaving half of an inch free at the top to allow the filling to expand.
- Repeat for the rest of the hollowed zucchini.
- Arrange the stuffed zucchinis in a large pot, add water, just enough to slightly cover the zucchinis.
- Cover the pot, place on medium-high heat, and bring water to a boil.
- Reduce heat to medium- low, add tomato sauce or tomato paste, or both ( depending on how thick you like you sauce to be).
- Cover the pot and simmer for 45 minutes or until the zucchini is tender and the rice stuffing is fully cooked.
- Taste the sauce and adjust salt if you'd like.
- Transfer to a serving plate, serve and enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 250 calories, Carbohydrate 26 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 44 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 10 grams fat, Fiber 7 grams fiber, Protein 18 grams protein, SaturatedFat 5 grams saturated fat, ServingSize 1, Sodium 1057 grams sodium, Sugar 11 grams sugar, TransFat 0 grams trans fat, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams unsaturated fat
LEBANESE ZUCCHINI
I love the Loobia (green beans) at our favorite Lebanese restaurant, and I wanted to see if I could recreate the flavor using zucchini. This is a fast and easy side dish that may not be orthodox, but it's tasty. I used salsa in a jar instead of a can of tomatoes to decrease the cooking time, but you could use tomatoes instead if you want less heat and have more time to let it cook down. You can also dice the zucchini instead of julienne.
Provided by hotdishmama
Categories Vegetable
Time 15m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Remove seeds from zucchini and cut into matchsticks or diced cubes.
- Heat olive oil over medium heat in large skillet.
- Add onions and bell peppers, sautee for 2-3 minutes until slightly soft.
- Add zucchini to pan and stir until it begins to soften.
- Add lemon juice and spices to pan. Continue cooking until zucchini is tender, about 5 minutes.
- Add salsa to pan and cook a couple more minutes until bubbly and liquid is absorbed.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 116.2, Fat 4.3, SaturatedFat 0.7, Sodium 273.2, Carbohydrate 18.4, Fiber 5.2, Sugar 10.2, Protein 4
LEBANESE KOOSA (STUFFED YELLOW SQUASH)
My great grandparents are from Lebanon and I am learning to make all of the wonderful recipes they have passed down through the family. As I learn, I will post and share here. The Stuffing for the squash can be used to stuff Bell Peppers, Tomato, or as the filling for cabbage or grape leaf rolls. My father lives rather close and so I use him as the taste tester. He commented that the Koosa was the most flavorful he's had in a while. Note: Unless you have about twice as many squash, or want to also stuff a bunch of green bell peppers, you may want to halve the stuffing recipe. I had a ton left over. You will need to be able to cover the squash with a bit of water in whatever pan you choose, so a deep frying pan or a shallow pot will work. Keep in mind that all the squash will need to be able to sit in the bottom of the pan, not on top of each other.
Provided by pewpew1982
Categories White Rice
Time 1h5m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- 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.
- Heat olive oil in pan over medium heat.
- Slice onion and add to hot olive oil.
- Let fry for about 3-5 minutes while you make the stuffing.
- 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.
- Add cans of tomato sauce and diced tomato to the onions.
- 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.
- Add the stuffed squashes to the pan.
- Chop the garlic cloves into fine pieces and sprinkle between the squash in the pan.
- Add water to just cover the squash and let simmer over medium heat for 40 minutes.
- Squeeze a few drops fresh lemon juice over squash and sprinkle a pinch of mint.
- Allow to cook another 10 minutes or so.
- **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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 856.5, Fat 51.8, SaturatedFat 19.2, Cholesterol 124.4, Sodium 1277.6, Carbohydrate 61.1, Fiber 7.3, Sugar 16.4, Protein 38.2
LEBANESE STUFFED ZUCCHINI (COOSA/KOOSA)
Zucchini cored and stuffed with meat and rice then cooked in tomato sauce. Holy smokes, this is truly Lebanese comfort food! Serve these with tabbouleh, fatayer and stuffed grape leaves.
Provided by Russ Neimy
Categories Lebanese Recipes
Time 50m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Cut one end off each zucchini. Use a small scoop to scoop the flesh from the zucchinis, leaving shells. Discard the flesh.
- Mix chopped round steak, rice, nutmeg, salt, and black pepper together in a bowl. Lightly stuff the steak mixture into the zucchinis, making sure to leave about 1 inch of space for the rice to expand; if you don't, the zucchini will burst which still tastes good but doesn't look as nice.
- Place the zucchinis in a large pot; add tomato soup and stewed tomatoes. Place a plate on top of the zucchinis to prevent them from bouncing around once the sauce is boiling.
- Bring the sauce to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook at a simmer until the rice is fully cooked, 30 to 45 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 329.8 calories, Carbohydrate 46.6 g, Cholesterol 40.2 mg, Fat 7 g, Fiber 4.9 g, Protein 22.7 g, SaturatedFat 2.4 g, Sodium 485.2 mg, Sugar 11.7 g
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