🇱🇧 Lebanon
Kousa Mahshi
Lebanese kousa simmers in a light tomato broth, often side by side with stuffed eggplant.
🔪 Prep: 45 min🔥 Cook: 60 min📈 Difficulty: Medium
Cooking for
6 people
✨ What makes it special
Tomato-broth version; the scooped cores are never wasted — they become the cook's private omelet.
Ingredients
- 12 small zucchini
- 250 grice
- 300 gground beef
- 2 tbsptomato paste
- 1 tspseven-spice
- 2 tbspghee
- 1 lemon
Method
- 1
Core the zucchini carefully with a manakra, leaving thin walls.
- 2
Mix rice, meat, spices, and ghee for the filling; stuff loosely.
- 3
Arrange in a pot and cover with tomato broth.
- 4
Simmer gently one hour; finish with lemon.
- 5
Serve with the broth spooned over and laban on the side.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 6