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Lamb and Rice Stuffed Vegetables

Eggplants, peppers and tomatoes hollowed and packed with a lamb, rice and burghul stuffing, then simmered on a bed of tomato pulp in a tart sumac broth. A generous dish for a crowd.

  • YieldServes 6
  • Hands-on1 h 15 min
  • Total3 h 9 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 6eggplant, long, or 3 oval eggplants
  • 6green bell pepper
  • 6tomato
  • 3 tbspsumac
  • 1 tbsptomato paste
  • 1½ tspsalt
  • 1 tspsugar
  • 500 mlwater, for the sumac liquid
  • 1 tbspsalt, for the soaking water

Stuffing

  • 750 glamb, finely minced, not too lean
  • 1onion, small, finely chopped
  • 250 gtomatoes, peeled and chopped
  • 60 gtomato paste
  • 40 ggreen bell pepper, finely chopped
  • 55 gshort-grain white rice
  • 90 gcoarse burghul, rinsed
  • 1 pinchhot chilli powder
  • 1½ tspsalt

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Wheat
  • Rice
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Bell (sweet) pepper
  • Chili peppers
  • Eggplant (aubergine)
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Oregano
  • Cumin
  • Sumac
  • Paprika
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Lamb and mutton
  • Chili heat (capsaicin)

Taste

  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Tender-braised

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Season

  • Summer
  • Fall

Occasion

  • Weekend project
  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 45–90 min active
  • Over 3 hours total
  • Difficulty 4
  • Leftovers-friendly
  • One pot

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: high
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: high
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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