Zucchini Pilaf Recipe
Ingredients
| Cooked lamb - approximately 8 oz. | ||
| Garlic - 1 small clove | ||
| Onion | 1 | |
| Butter/Margarine | 2 Ounce | |
| Long grain rice | 3 Ounce, uncooked | |
| Celery | 2 Tablespoon, chopped | |
| Green pepper | 2 Tablespoon, diced | |
| Stock or water - 1 1/4 pint and chicken stock cube | ||
| Worcestershire sauce | 1 Tablespoon | |
| Salt | 1 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Pepper - a pinch | ||
| Young marrow (zucchini or courgette) - 1 diced, unpeeled | ||
| Cheese | 2 Ounce, grated | |
Directions
GETTING READY
1. Cut the cooked lamb into neat squares.
2. On a chopping board, chop garlic and onion.
MAKING
3. In a large saucepan, melt butter or margarine.
4. Add lamb, rice, onion, celery, green pepper and garlic.
5. Let it cook until the rice turns golden in colour. Keep stirring regularly.
6. Add stock, Worcestershire sauce and seasonings. Bring it to the boil while stirring continuously.
7. Cover the saucepan with a lid and cook over a very low flame for 20 minutes. Check the contents once or twice to ensure that rice is not absorbing too much liquid.
8. Add diced marrow. Cover and cook it for 10 more minutes so that you have a moist but not too wet mixture.
SERVING
9. To serve Zucchini Pilaf, top it with grated cheese.
1. Cut the cooked lamb into neat squares.
2. On a chopping board, chop garlic and onion.
MAKING
3. In a large saucepan, melt butter or margarine.
4. Add lamb, rice, onion, celery, green pepper and garlic.
5. Let it cook until the rice turns golden in colour. Keep stirring regularly.
6. Add stock, Worcestershire sauce and seasonings. Bring it to the boil while stirring continuously.
7. Cover the saucepan with a lid and cook over a very low flame for 20 minutes. Check the contents once or twice to ensure that rice is not absorbing too much liquid.
8. Add diced marrow. Cover and cook it for 10 more minutes so that you have a moist but not too wet mixture.
SERVING
9. To serve Zucchini Pilaf, top it with grated cheese.
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