Ablma Stuffed Zucchini in Yogurt

Ingredients

• 2 kg zucchini
• 500 g ground meat
• 2 onions
• 1 kg yogurt (goat or cow)
• 3 tbsp cornstarch
• 1/2 cup water (to dissolve starch)
• Cinnamon for the filling
• Black pepper for the filling
• Salt, to taste
• Oil
• For a different way to prepare zucchini, see: Stuffed Zucchini and Eggplant with Meat

Method

1. Wash the zucchini and pierce it without removing too much of the flesh, leaving it thick.
2. Wash it again and place it in a colander to drain the water from inside.
3. Prepare the filling: sauté the finely chopped onion in a little oil until it softens.
4. Add the meat and fry it until it dries, then add the spices and salt, stir, and set the filling aside to cool.
5. Stuff the zucchini and close them with the flesh pieces, then fry them briefly in hot oil or in a little oil according to preference until they take a light golden color.
6. Then place them in boiling water and boil to finish cooking and to remove any remaining oil that would change the color of the yogurt if left.
7. When the zucchini are cooked, drain them from the water.
8. Mix the yogurt with cornstarch dissolved in water, and add salt to taste; put them in a pot over the heat while stirring.
9. When the yogurt mixture boils and thickens slightly, add the zucchini and let them simmer for only a few minutes, then turn off the heat. Alternatively, you can set the zucchini aside and, when serving, place the zucchini on a plate and pour the hot yogurt over them.
10. Serve vermicelli rice alongside the Ablma zucchini in yogurt.
11. You can garnish Ablma in yogurt with fried nuts as desired.
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13. To prepare zucchini in a different way, here is the link: How to prepare stuffed zucchini and eggplant with meat