Ingredients

  • 300 g rice, washed and soaked in water for 20 minutes and drained
  • 100 g vermicelli
  • 75 g ghee
  • 1 liter water or 1 liter chicken stock
  • 1 bay leaf
  • salt
  • 200 g zucchini
  • 50 g egyptian rice
  • 100 g minced lamb
  • 20 g onions
  • 3 g dried mint
  • 3 g Arabic spices
  • 5 g ghee
  • 1 liter yogurt
  • 5 g garlic
  • salt

Method

  • Heat ghee in a pan.
  • Add vermicelli and cook until golden brown.
  • Mix in the rice, bay leaf, salt and boiling water or chicken stock.
  • Allow to boil on high flame until water is on the same level as the rice.
  • Lower flame and cook on simmer until all the water or stock has been absorbed by the rice and it's cooked.
  • To prepare the stuffed zucchini, scoop out the flesh of the zucchini and stuff it with the above prepared rice mixture.
  • Parboil it with water and 2 cubes of Maggi chicken stock with onions.
  • Add the zucchini to the yogurt.
  • Cook with garlic and dry mint until the mixture thickens.
  • Serve hot!