Stuffed Summer Squash With Ground Meat
Sample Dishes from Turkish Cuisine
Stuffed Summer Squash With Ground Meat (Etli Kabak
Dolması)
| Ingredients | Measure | Amount |
| Summer squash | 6 large size | 1250 gr |
| Salt | 2 teaspoon | 12 gr |
| Rice | 2/5 cup | 75 gr |
| Onion | 2 medium size | 120 gr |
| Parsley | 1/2 bunch | 30 gr |
| Dill | 1/2 bunch | 20 gr |
| Tomatoe | 2 small size | 200 gr |
| Ground Meat
(medium fat) | 1 3/4 cup | 300 gr |
| Black Pepper | 1/2 teaspoon | 1 gr |
| Mint | 2 tablespoon | 2.6 gr |
| Water | 1 1/4 cup | 250 gr |
| Margarine | 1 tablespoon | 10 gr |
Preparation
Instructions
: Remove stem and blossom ends of squash. Cut into half crosswise. Scoop out
pulp forming 3-4 mm thick shels. Set aside. Combine ground meat, rice, 1 minced
tomato, chopped onions, parsley and dill, mint, salt and pepper. Add 1/4 cup
of water mixing thoroughly. Fill squash shells with fılling. Cut remaining tomato
into 6 slices. Press 1 slice of tomato over fılling, covering completely. Arrange
in a shallow saucepan side by side. Heat remaining water. Add to dolmas. Cover
and simmer for 1 hour or until squash and rice are tender. Remove from heat.
Serve hot.
Servings:
6
Nutritional
Value
(in approximately one serving)
| Energy | 222 cal |
| Protein | 10,9 g |
| Fat | 12,3 g |
| Carbohydrates | 17,3 g |
| Calcium | 54 mg |
| Iron | 1,76 mg |
| Phosphorus | 130 mg |
| Zinc | 2 mg |
| Sodium | 627 mg |
| Vitamin A | 1064 iu |
| Thiamine | 0,14 mg |
| Riboflavin | 0,15 mg |
| Niacin | 3,85 mg |
| Vitamin C | 17 mg |
| Cholesterol | 35 mg |