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Stuffed squash, courgette, marrow, mahshi, or zucchini is a dish common in the region of the former Ottoman Empire from the Balkans to the Levant and Egypt, a kind of
File:Kousa Mahshi.jpg, ''Kousa mahshi'', stuffed zucchini
In the Levant, this dish is flavoured with mint and
dolma
Dolma (Turkish for “stuffed”) is a family of stuffed dishes associated with Ottoman cuisine, and common in modern national cuisines of regions and countries that once were part of the Ottoman Empire. Some types of dolma are made with whol ...
. It consists of various kinds of squash or zucchini stuffed with rice and sometimes meat and cooked on the stovetop or in the oven. The meat version is served hot, as a main course. The meatless version is considered an " olive-oil dish" and is often eaten at room temperature or warm.
Preparation
The placenta and seeds of larger, shorter, cylindrical immaturesquashes
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are pulled off, and the further proceeding is similar as for punjene paprike
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or sarma. Often, punjene tikvice (stuffed squashes) and punjene paprike (stuffed peppers) are made together, as a mixed dish.in Croatian
Name
The name in various languages generally means literally "stuffed squash": hr, Punjene tikvice; sr, Punjene tikvice; sr-cyr, Пуњене тиквице; al, Kungulleshka të mbushura; mk, Полнети тиквички; bg, Пълнени тиквички; el, Γεμιστά κολοκυθάκια ; tr, Kabak dolması; ''kousa mahshi'' ar, كوسا محشي / ALA-LC: ''kūsā maḥshī''.Variants
In the Levant, this dish is flavoured with mint and garlic
Garlic (''Allium sativum'') is a species of bulbous flowering plant in the genus ''Allium''. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, Allium fistulosum, Welsh onion and Allium chinense, Chinese onion. It is native to South A ...
. In Cyprus, the flowers of the marrow are also stuffed.
The cultivar is called 'Cousa' in Robinson and Decker-Walters (1997)Robinson and Decker-Walters (1997). ''Cucurbits''. p. 77: "Some summer squash cultivars, e.g. the vegetable marrows (''Cucurbita pepo'') are consumed when almost mature. In the Middle East, nearly mature fruits of 'Cousa' are stuffed with meat and other ingredients, then baked".
See also
*List of squash and pumpkin dishes
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Squash and pumpkin dishes and foods
* ''Hobak-juk'' – a Korean variety of '' juk'' (porridg ...
* List of stuffed dishes
* Sheikh al-mahshi, zucchini stuffed with minced lamb meat and pine nuts in yogurt sauce
References
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