Persian cooking: recipes · Dolmeh & kufteh: stuffed dishes
Dolmeh Kadoo دلمه کدو
Stuffed courgettes with meat, rice and herbs in tomato sauce.
Ingredients
- 10½ courgettes
- 525 g minced lamb or beef (with some fat)
- 175 g basmati rice
- 90 g yellow split peas
- 1¾ onions
- 1¾ bunch mixed herbs (parsley, coriander, dill, leek)
- 1¾ tsp turmeric
- 1¾ tsp cinnamon
- 3½ tbsp tomato paste
- 5¼ tbsp lemon juice
- 3½ tbsp sugar
- 7 tbsp oil
- salt (to taste)
- black pepper (to taste)
Method
- Filling: half-cook the rice and split peas. Fry the onion, add the mince and turmeric and fry until crumbly; mix with the rice, peas, finely chopped herbs, cinnamon, salt and pepper.
- Halve the courgettes or cut off a lid, hollow out with a spoon and stuff.
- Sauce: stir 300 ml water with 2 tbsp tomato paste, 3 tbsp lemon juice and 2 tbsp sugar and pour over.
- Cook covered over low heat for 40 minutes.