Stuffed Baby Zucchini and Vine Leaves with Lamb Chops
Is there anything more appetizing than Warak Enab and Kousa Mahshi?(stuffed zucchini and grape leaves with lamb chops).
Ingredients - Serves 8 persons
18 small baby zucchini or 1500 g
35 medium vine leaves
1¼ cups egyptian rice or 250 g, soaked in water for 1 hour and drained
500 g minced lamb
1 medium tomato or 150 g
4 tablespoons butter, melted
¼ cup water or 60 ml
1¼ teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon seven spices, ground
Pinch of ground nutmeg
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 kg lamb chops, cleaned from fat
4 cubes MAGGI® Mutton Bouillon
8 cloves garlic, peeled
10 cups water or 2500 ml, additional quantity
½ cup lemon juice or 125 ml
Preparation
- Hollow baby zucchini and then remove extra stems from the vine leaves. Wash both well, drain and set them aside.
- In a bowl, combine and mix rice, minced lamb, tomato, butter, water, salt and spices and set in fridge for ½ hour.
- Stuff baby zucchini with this mixture and keep 1cm empty from the top and set aside.
- To stuff a vine leaves; place it on a working board with the dull side and the stem facing up. Place a teaspoon of the stuffing on the lower part of the leaves, fold the outside edges towards the center and roll tightly into the shape of a finger.
- Heat the oil in large pot and fry lamb chops for 5 minutes or until brown in color. Remove pot from heat. Arrange lamb chops evenly then add the whole peeled garlic, crumble MAGGI® Mutton Bouillon cubes over the lamb chops.
- Lines with 1 layer of unstuffed leaves over the lamb chops then place the rolled stuffed leaves above them alternating the direction of each layer.
- Place stuffed baby zucchini over the stuffed vine leaves side by side. Secure zucchinis with a plate on top.
- Add water and bring to boil (add salt to your taste) then simmer on low heat for 2 hours or until baby zucchini is well cooked. Add lemon juice and remove from heat.
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