Zucchini Casserole - Arabic Recipes from Middle Eastern cooking Classes

A family favorite healthy and delicious dish.

Ingredients

•     4 white zucchini
•     3 c. rice (uncooked)
•     1 lb. ground beef
•     1 qt. tomato sauce
•     2 tsp. allspice
•     1 tsp. cinnamon
•     2 1/2 tsp. salt

Preparation

• Brown meat.
• Cook sliced zucchini (without peeling it) till tender but not mushy.
• Cook rice separately and drain.
• Combine rice and ground beef and add to them allspice, cinnamon, salt and tomato sauce - reserving some of the tomato sauce to spread over the top.
• In a casserole dish spread a layer of cooked zucchini slices. On top of them make a layer of the meat and rice mixture. Repeat procedure so that you have two layers of meat and rice and the top is a layer of zucchini again. Over the top spread the rest of the tomato sauce.
• Bake in the oven just until hot all the way through.
• Serve with chilled yogurt.

source:bigoven.com