Not everyone knows that zucchini are actually berries, not vegetables. At least to this conclusion came botanists, studying this plant.
For most inhabitants of the planet zucchini is more accustomed to consider a vegetable, since they have specific differences from the usual berries.
In addition, berries are almost impossible to combine with meat and fish. Zucchini perfectly performs the function of a garnish
. It is worth telling about how to cook zucchini with meat stuffing.
Ingredients for zucchini rolls:
- zucchini – 2 pcs;
- minced meat – 600 g;
- rice – 100 g;
- tomato – pcs;
- garlic – clove;
- parsley – bundle;
- salt – ½ tsp;
- sour cream – 200 g;
- ketchup – 2 tbsp;
- water -100 ml.
Preparation of zucchini rolls:
Cut zucchini lengthwise into thin strips, sprinkle whole strips with salt and leave for 10 minutes.
Combine the minced meat with the zucchini
mush
, also pour the boiled rice
into it. Grind
the tomato
into the
meat mass, rub it through a grater. Put a
garlic clove into the mass, put chopped parsley, salt and mix thoroughly with your hands
.
Form the meat mass into small cutlets
. Pour the juice
from
under the zucchini strips.
Put
a meat cutlet on the end of each strip and roll it up into a roll.
Put the rolls in a baking
dish
.
For the sauce, mix sour cream and ketchup, pour water over the mixture.
Pour the sour cream sauce into the mold with rolls, bake them at 180 degrees for half an hour.
Instead of an oven, you can use a frying pan for cooking rolls, frying is required until golden crust on both sides.
This is an excellent substitute for stuffed cabbage.
