Mahshi
User Reviews
5.0
3 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
1 hr 30 mins
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Cook Time
30 mins
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Total Time
2 hrs 15 mins
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Servings
4 people
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Egyptian
Mahshi
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Mahshi is a dish of vegetables stuffed with rice and meat, a traditional dish from the ancient Ottoman Empire, popular in the Balkans, the Levant and Egypt.
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Ingredients
For the meat and rice
- 1 small onion , diced
- 6 oz. lean ground beef
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 2 tablespoons tomato puree
- ¼ cup water
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
- 1 cup short grain rice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- salt
- pepper
For the zucchini
- 10 Lebanese summer squash (kusa, light green skin), about 6 inches
- 2 large potatoes , peeled, cut into thin slices
- 2 large firm tomatoes , peeled, seeded and thinly sliced
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- ½ cup tomato coulis
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped dill
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped cilantro
- 2 cups chicken broth (or vegetable or beef broth)
- 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- extra virgin olive oil
- salt
- pepper
Equipment
- Dutch oven
Instructions
Meat and rice
- In a large Dutch oven, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat and brown the onion.
- Once the onion is translucent, add the ground beef, ¼ teaspoon salt and the cumin. Mix well.
- Brown the meat, then add the tomato purée, parsley and water. Season with black pepper.
- Bring the sauce to a rapid boil, then remove from the heat and pour everything into a large bowl.
- In the bowl, add the raw rice. Mix with the sauce using a wooden spoon. Set aside until the mixture cools.
Zucchini
- Hollow out the zucchini using a vegetable or apple corer. Reserve the inside of the squash.
- In the same Dutch oven, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
- Add the inside of the cored zucchini, cut into small pieces and the cumin. Season with salt and pepper.
- Cook for 10 minutes over low to medium heat, then add the tomato coulis, parsley, cilantro, and dill. Set aside.
- Once the reserved rice mixture has cooled, stuff the hollowed zucchini with this mixture and reserve the rest.
- Line a very large Dutch oven with tomato and potato slices to cover the bottom.
- Place the zucchini in a single layer.
- Add the rest of the rice mixture to the zucchini.
- Pour the sauce over with the reserved zucchini pieces.
- Add the chicken (vegetable or beef) broth, lemon juice and 5 tablespoons of olive oil.
- Season with salt and pepper again.
- Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat and cook covered over medium heat for about 45 minutes to an hour, or until the liquid is absorbed and the sauce has a smooth consistency.
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