Stuffed Vegetables Middle Eastern Style Recipe
Ingredients
| Beefsteak tomatoes | 4 Large | |
| Courgettes | 4 Medium | |
| Bell peppers | 2 To taste | |
| Warm pitta bread and low-fat hummus, to serve | ||
| 225 g/8 oz/1 1/4 cups cracked wheat | ||
| Cucumber | 1/4 (FILLING:) | |
| Red onion | 1 Medium (FILLING:) | |
| Lemon juice | 2 Tablespoon (FILLING:) | |
| Coriander/ cilantro | 2 Tablespoon (FILLING:) | |
| Mint | 2 Tablespoon, chopped (FILLING:) | |
| Olive oil | 1 Tablespoon (FILLING:) | |
| Cumin seeds | 2 Teaspoon (FILLING:) | |
| Salt | To Taste | |
| Pepper | To Taste | |
Directions
GETTING READY
1) Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas Mark 6.
MAKING
2) Cut the tomatoes tops and reserve. Then remove, chop the tomato pulp and put in a bowl. Sprinkle the tomato shells with salt and papper, place them upside down over a kitchen paper.
3) Trim and cut the courgettes lengthwise. Then finely chop the flesh and combine to the tomato pulp. Sprinkle the courgettes shells with salt and pepper and keep aside.
4) Halve, deseed and cut the peppers. Season the pepper shells with salt and pepper.
5) Soak the cracked wheat as per the packet instructions. Then chop the cucumber finely and combine with the reserved tomato pulp and courgette mixture.
6) Chop the red onion finely then stir into to the vegetable mixture alongwith the lemon juice, herbs, olive oil, cumin and seasoning.
7) Combine the wheat with the vegetables and spoon into the tomato, courgette and pepper shells, keep the tops on the tomatoes
8) In a roasting tin, place the stuffed tomatoes, courgettes and peppers and bake for 20-25 minutes until cooked. Drain them well.
SERVING
9) Serve in a nice plate.
1) Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas Mark 6.
MAKING
2) Cut the tomatoes tops and reserve. Then remove, chop the tomato pulp and put in a bowl. Sprinkle the tomato shells with salt and papper, place them upside down over a kitchen paper.
3) Trim and cut the courgettes lengthwise. Then finely chop the flesh and combine to the tomato pulp. Sprinkle the courgettes shells with salt and pepper and keep aside.
4) Halve, deseed and cut the peppers. Season the pepper shells with salt and pepper.
5) Soak the cracked wheat as per the packet instructions. Then chop the cucumber finely and combine with the reserved tomato pulp and courgette mixture.
6) Chop the red onion finely then stir into to the vegetable mixture alongwith the lemon juice, herbs, olive oil, cumin and seasoning.
7) Combine the wheat with the vegetables and spoon into the tomato, courgette and pepper shells, keep the tops on the tomatoes
8) In a roasting tin, place the stuffed tomatoes, courgettes and peppers and bake for 20-25 minutes until cooked. Drain them well.
SERVING
9) Serve in a nice plate.
Chef
