A delightful way to make a tasty Lebanese squash dish. This is a vegetarian alternative to kousa mihshi stuffed with rice, garbanzo beans, parsley, and tomato, is satisfying and wonderfully seasoned. If the light green, very tender, Lebanese summer squash are unavailable, use small yellow crooknecks of dark green zucchini. Mexican squash varieties are very similar to Lebanese and might be found in farmers’ markets. Seeds for Lebanese squash are available through a few seed companies, if you care to grow your own. This tasty summer dish can be made with or without garbanzo beans; mint is also an optional ingredient.
For complete recipe directions, go to:
http://cookingupastory.com/index.php/2007/10/08/summer-squash-stuffed-with-rice/
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24 responses so far ↓
1 NANAWBAS // Aug 28, 2008 at 6:06 pm
these too big to stuff
2 cookingupastory // Aug 30, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Yes, peaches214! I just posted ‘Prepping Artichokes’ and I’m editing ‘Artichoke Pesto’ right now. In addition, I have others in the works. Any food item in particular you’d like to learn something about?
3 peaches214 // Sep 2, 2008 at 4:20 pm
are you planning on making more cooking videos such as this one?
4 satbir15 // Sep 3, 2008 at 1:41 am
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5 enjoyingwatch // Sep 6, 2008 at 6:32 am
we cook it different (lebanese food)
6 UcanbeGOD // Sep 6, 2008 at 4:37 pm
WOW! what a great looking dish, I will make this probably this week. And what a beautiful tattoo….. o_0
7 cookingupastory // Sep 7, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Do you have a core remover? I thot that was such a cool tool. I’ve made this w/o one, but they aren’t nearly as pretty!
8 puddlecluck // Sep 8, 2008 at 10:24 pm
i love this.
im 1/4 lebaneese and i help my sitto make it in the summer
9 bscarlette // Sep 11, 2008 at 7:04 am
Armenian too!
10 yoofer121 // Sep 12, 2008 at 2:44 am
ive been in lebanon
well it does taste good
but needs a little hard work
11 drd1812 // Sep 12, 2008 at 2:45 am
Great… Now I’m hungry…
12 gabriellesunheart // Sep 14, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Im too lazy to make that dish but I would eat it! Does that count?
13 shuKuzz // Sep 19, 2008 at 4:42 am
YUM dis is one of my favourite cultrual foods. its called KOOSA in arabic :D:D
14 stuckintherut // Sep 20, 2008 at 12:56 am
I definitively need to make this. Love trying my hand at different cooking cultures and recipes. Don’t think I’ve ever made Lebanese food before, so it’s about time!
15 lve23ku // Sep 20, 2008 at 4:55 pm
thanks for replying
16 cookingupastory // Sep 22, 2008 at 6:55 am
Ive23ku, I just added a direct link to the full recipe in the ‘about this video’ description above, just to the right. Click on ‘more’ and you will see the link. Click on it, and it will take you to my website. There are other great recipes (and other videos) there too. Explore, and enjoy!
17 lve23ku // Sep 25, 2008 at 1:42 pm
what is it? what we need? where we start?timing?
need to explain for those who aren’t Lebanese
18 toulouse007 // Sep 27, 2008 at 8:44 pm
really thanks, i am overseas and been a long time i didnt eat some good meals….
19 hellophoenix // Sep 30, 2008 at 1:26 pm
One should use only “Kousa” (Lebanese Squash) for this dish or for any other Middle Eastern squash dish. Also, the “squash core” can be found in Middle Eastern grocery stores, don’t use the one for the apples,,:-)
20 hellophoenix // Sep 30, 2008 at 7:07 pm
yes, very similar to many Middle Eastern recipes. “Siyeme” means fasting in Arabic and this dish is usually eaten during the Eastern Orthodox lent since meat is not allowed.
21 cookingupastory // Oct 2, 2008 at 11:50 am
I just checked Linda’s recipe, and it says:
“1 cup rice, soaked and rinsed”
I’m not sure how long you soak the rice, perhaps it could be soaking while you core the squash. But it wasn’t cooked prior to adding to other ingredients.
22 9aspengold5 // Oct 2, 2008 at 1:37 pm
I agree, it looks great. It does look like she used raw rice, but on my first try, I will use minute rice just to be safe.
23 guacamolecestsibon // Oct 5, 2008 at 8:21 pm
I absolutely loved the video..one question is …Is is cooked rice that you add to the filling or do you use uncooked grains that then cook in the steam after you have stuffed the squash ?
24 darkmojojojo // Oct 8, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Looks delicious!
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