Sheikh el Mahshi

Country : Syria

500 g minced beef

1 onion, chopped

2 tbsp oil

Salt and pepper to taste

1 kg zucchini, cored

3 tbsp butter

2 cups water, boiling

1 kg yoghurt

5 tsp corn starch

1 tbsp dried mint

Handful toasted pine nuts

-   Measure oil in a sauté pan and place over high heat, add onions and stir until translucent then add minced beef, salt and pepper.

-   Lower heat to medium and continue cooking until beef is done but not browned, stirring occasionally. Cool beef mixture.

-   Stuff zucchini with beef mixture.

-   Panfry zucchini in butter over medium heat until golden then add water and cook for 10 minutes.

-   Whisk corn starch into yoghurt and place over low heat stirring continuously until thickened.

-   Add dried mint to yoghurt and stir then add zucchini and carefully fold in to coat.

-   Spoon into deep serving dish and garnish with pine nuts.

-   Serve with rice.