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Zucchini Stuffed with Rice
Ingredients
- 5 large zucchini
- 1 dark green pepper cut into thin strips
- 5 peeled tomatoes cut into cubes
- 2 chopped onion
- 6 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons cumin
- half teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 + 1 cups rice
Preparation
Note: divide the spices in half, half for the filling and half for the sauce.Hollow out the insides of the zucchini.
Fry one onion until golden
Add the green pepper strips, the diced tomatoes, the zucchini insides,
Once the vegetables start releasing liquid, add 3 tablespoons of tomato paste and mix.
Add a teaspoon of salt, a quarter teaspoon of black pepper, and a teaspoon of cumin.
Continue cooking on low heat until all the vegetables reduce and soften,
Add the rice and mix
Add a cup of boiling water, mix well, and continue cooking until all the liquid is gone.
Arrange the hollowed zucchini in a baking dish, and fill them with the vegetable and rice mixture.
To make the sauce
Fry the second onion until golden.
Add 2 cups of water
Add 3 tablespoons of tomato paste, a teaspoon of salt, a teaspoon of cumin, a quarter teaspoon of black pepper
Mix and bring to a boil.
Pour the sauce over the zucchini
Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil, and bake at 180 degrees for two hours.
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